The post-Civil War era was brought to life Saturday by actors portraying Grand Army of the Republic members. Union soldiers ...
Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville prison, housed 45,000 captured Union soldiers during the Civil War. Conditions at ...
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, ...
Contributed Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, center, holds up a Missouri flag flown over the state Capitol alongside ...
The remains of several more Civil War veterans were sent to Maine ... the remains of unclaimed veterans to conclude over several years that they were all Union soldiers deserving of a burial service ...
In 2023, a statue to commemorate the United States Troops was erected in Pulaski, TN — an effort led by Vivian Sims.
It took 150 years for this veteran to finally get the respect he deserves. Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his great-great-great ...
When West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, the Civil War was still raging, meaning that even though it was no longer ...
New Jersey firefighters are working to protect homes and a historic landmark where iron for the country's first soldiers was ...
The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...
One of contentious parts of the history of the American Civil War is the question of whether southern blacks served as ...