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

Johnson, a Union soldier who was born in Pawtucket, R.I. in 1844 and fought in the Civil War, during funeral services, ...

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, ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...

My great-grandfather, William Crawford, fought in the Civil War, which wasn’t very civil. He was born in 1841 in Ohio without a silver spoon in his mouth. He did have a spoon, but there was ...

In 2023, a statue to commemorate the United States Troops was erected in Pulaski, TN — an effort led by Vivian Sims.

He died in 1889. He was originally laid to rest in an unmarked grave, a Civil War veteran all but lost to history. "No one knew about Sandy Wills," said Cheryl wills, Sandy's great-great-great ...

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 ... recall important lessons about the 1861-1865 war to preserve the Union, fought between the North’s Union Army and the Confederate ...