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 ...

Made up of soldiers from Wayne and Ontario counties, the 111th served with distinction in the Civil War, including the ...

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

Thanks to the Missing In America Project, which finds, identifies and inters veterans, the ashes were recovered and most were ...

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans ... lessons about the bloody 1861-1865 war to preserve the Union, which was fought between the North's ...

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 remains of 28 Civil War veterans were found in a Seattle funeral home and laid to rest with full military honors after ...

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

Many became involved in the Civil War. Musicians, nurses, spies, and vivandières all had their parts to play. Before the war ended, many soldiers also became prisoners of war. Drums and shrill fifes ...