Arrested and Unarmed, He Led a Cavalry Charge and Became the First Italian-American Medal of Honor Recipient On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia...
Battle of Bull Run: The 1913 Civil War Epic That Helped Invent War Movies More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing...
The Last Living Witness to Lincoln’s Assassination Told His Story on a 1950s Game Show Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, and heard the...
Illinois Teen Restores Civil War Graves for Eagle Scout Project Life Scout Josh Bourbon led a group of volunteers to clean and restore the gravesites of Civil War veterans in West Dundee...
Minnesota Company Fills Gap to Provide Bronze Stars for Veterans When new veteran grave markers proved costly, a manufacturer in Minnesota stepped up to help local veterans.
Civil War General and Seneca Leader Ely Samuel Parker Posthumously Admitted to New York State Bar Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer, has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar.
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with Slave Rehung at West Point The reinstallation marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to reverse the work of a congressionally mandated...
Toppled Confederate Statue in DC to Be Replaced in Line with Trump's Executive Order The National Park Service announced that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general and a revered figure...
Ulysses S. Grant Picked a Confederate Slave Owner to Take Down the KKK Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s...
New York Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Will Finally Receive Medal of Honor Advocates pushed for years for Michael Ollis to receive the nation's highest honor. On Tuesday, their dream became a reality.
Hundreds Turn Out to Honor Navy Veteran Who Would Have Been Buried Alone Hundreds of strangers filled a Pennsylvania church to ensure a U.S. Navy veteran who died without family received the send...
Why Some Disabled Veterans Can't Get Both VA Disability and Military Retirement Pay Military service members planning medical retirement face a critical decision point at the 20-year mark.
How a Wounded Pigeon Named Cher Ami Saved the Lost Battalion in WWI A wounded pigeon named Cher Ami helped save a battalion of American soldiers, becoming one of the most recognized animals in...
This 20-Year-Old Sacrificed His Life and Became the First Black Marine Medal of Honor Recipient Every February, Black History Month shines a light on Americans whose contributions shaped the nation. One belongs to Pfc...
