There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements.

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...

The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...

Mariposa California's original daily updated online newspaper is the premier site for news and information on Yosemite, Mariposa, California and United States ...

Now, Bray aims to track down descendants of John E. Wiegel — the last Union Civil War veteran to be buried in Westmoreland County — for a Memorial Day ceremony. Civil War veterans group Bray ...