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 ...

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

After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

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

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

Free State of Jones, the Civil War thriller starring Matthew McConaughey and Mahershala Ali, was quietly added to Netflix on ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to social justice. For 45 years, she fought for women’s suffrage with little obvious ...