Caroline Wood Newhall is an assistant professor of History whose work focuses on 19th-century U.S. history. Her first book is ...

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

Moreover, the War Widow's Pension, Widowed Mother's Allowance ... entitlement to a boost in a qualifying benefit for a spouse ...

A governor, generals and scores of veterans were on hand to see Harriet Tubman posthumously became a one-star, brigadier ...

MITCHELL — Hundreds of veterans, their friends and their families gathered at the Davison County Fairgrounds Monday during ...

In addition to her work leading slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, Tubman headed reconnaissance parties and ...

Curious about her family's history, journalist Cheryl Wills began researching her ancestry, and found she was related to ...

Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

Rufus Lewis, a member of the “Fearless Four,” praised by the city for civil rights successes, was denied half his pension ...

Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services Oct. 16 for the burial of Union soldier Byron R. Johnson. Johnson was among nearly 30 Civil War veterans whose remains languished in storage ...

Sudan’s brutal civil war shows no signs of slowing, with reports of escalating atrocities and rampant sexual violence threatening to destroy entire communities. Harrowing accounts from a UN report ...