It’s not the hat that makes the cavalry scout, but the spurs. Here's how the Army's cav scouts earn their gold and silver ...

The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black soldiers trained in the Civil War ... United States Colored Cavalry. He was also formerly ...

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and cardboard ...

The USCT marker designates the ultimate sacrifice of three veterans, USCT soldiers fighting for the Union during the Civil ...

The last of several events marking the 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is ... On Oct. 28, 1864, five brigades of pursuing Union cavalry caught the Confederates and attacked ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

The Girl Scouts are moving their operations to a former bank building in western Henrico County.

I’m a guy that — it doesn’t make sense we had a civil war.” What in the world was ... As Lincoln explained in his landmark 1860 Cooper Union address, which set him on the path to the ...

The BJP has pledged to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand if it is voted to power, though it will exclude tribals from its scope. This announcement was made by Union Home Minister ...

Uttarakhand is all set to become the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code. The draft of the code was submitted to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in August and scheduled to be ...

For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities ...