The cavalry officer dressed in Union blue certainly looked out of place as he laid a wreath before the Confederate Veterans Statue in Frederick's Mount Olivet cemetery. The occasion was Confederate ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove ...

"A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days," the Associated Press reports, as "part of the push to remove symbols that ...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A small memorial to the Simpsonville massacre has been set up near the site of the possible mass ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing blow ...

(CNN) — Two Union soldiers from the American Civil War were posthumously awarded with the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, more than 160 years after being executed for their part in ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author and McKendree University Professor Lauren Thompson talked about two soldiers on opposing sides in the Civil War who connected during their ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...

The CSS “Shenandoah” only learned of the Confederacy’s defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser’s crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...