For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage ... "Grebien said the burials recall important lessons about the bloody 1861-1865 war ...

1 of 7 | A bust of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman can be seen between the vaults at Grant's Tomb in New York City.

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

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

The Texas Nationalist Movement thinks a revolution is underway to have Texas secede from the U.S. They’re wrong.

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, ...

Harriet Tubman was posthumously commissioned as brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard at a Veteran’s Day ceremony.

Visit the Fort Morgan Library/Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at noon to learn about “Medicine and Nursing in the American Civil War.” The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, and continued until April ...

From its beginning in December 1861, the Medal of Honor stands as the pinnacle of ... Both were awarded posthumously for ...

Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, highlighting a less understood aspect of the South ...

The vice presidency seems like a springboard to the presidency, but the majority who ascended owe their promotion to the Grim ...

Dr. Lincoln Goodale nearly took back the land he donated for a Columbus park when it was used for a Civil War camp for a few ...