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

President Joseph R. Biden posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Union Army Soldiers Private Philip G. Shadrach and Private George D. Wilson, who were part of the "Great Locomotive Chase" and died ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota state park will no longer be named after a Civil War-era general who led attacks that killed hundreds of Native Americans. Sully Creek State Park ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms ...

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.” ...