In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

“‘I just want to stay away from all of that and just say: Here’s what they had, here’s what they fought with, here’s their ...

President Joseph R. Biden posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Union Army Soldiers Private Philip G. Shadrach and ...

They would be given a uniform and ... As one U.S. general had previously warned, a Kentucky enlisting Black soldiers "will never see another day of peace." Civil War historian Joni House was ...

Guyot named the peak “Clingmans Dome” after his friend Thomas Lanier Clingman, a North Carolina U.S. senator and a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War. Clingman never set foot ...

Most of the nation’s veterans are indeed men, in part because of barriers to women in the military that took far too long to fall. Without diminishing the contributions of male veterans, let us this ...

Maryland Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland National Guard posthumously commissioned Harriet Tubman to the rank of brigadier ...

Samuel Fury Childs Daly was struck by just how many people wore uniforms. There were different colors and ... Crime, and the ...

State Senator Doug Mastriano (R) has been re-elected to the State Senate, defeating Democrat challenger Cameron Schroy to ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th US Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” ...

This is my third Veterans Day column, and my message has not changed. I bemoan the general decline in interest, especially among younger people, in recognizing the sacrifices that others have made to ...

ROCKLAND, Maine (WABI) - The Rockland Historical Society celebrated a Civil War general’s birthday on Saturday afternoon - and they even presented him with a very special gift. The silver sword ...