10 Army Bases Named After Confederate Officers All ten bases are located in former Confederate states.
How This 'Most Unfortunate' Civil War General Helped Give America the Statue of Liberty Charles Pomeroy Stone served as the statue’s chief engineer, and in that capacity, he was in charge of overseeing shipments...
6 Simple Reasons the Union Won the Civil War Cotton, slaves and arrogance just weren't going to be enough to overcome everything else the Confederates lacked during the...
A Journalist Traces His Family Tree Back to Ancestor Who Served in Black Regiment in Civil War Darren Sands was researching his family history when he found a riveting missing piece.
How the US Military Helped Create the Juneteenth Holiday On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas -- the last rebel state to be occupied by the Union Army -- finally heard the words of the...
In Reversal, Virginia School Board Votes to Restore Confederate Generals’ Names to 2 Schools Shenandoah County's school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School and Honey Run...
Lincoln's Civil War Order to Block Confederate Ports Donated to Illinois by Governor and First Lady The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now...
Taps: How a Medal of Honor Recipient Gave America its Most Famous Military Bugle Call Ever The central role that Daniel Butterfield played in taps was largely unknown until the late 19th century, only coming to light...
'The Angel of Gettysburg' Buried Union Soldiers While 6 Months' Pregnant The stench of decomposing bodies was overpowering, the terrible smell made all the more repugnant by the stifling July heat...
The 11 Finalists for the First-Ever American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History The American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History is like March Madness for the best books on military history.
Trailblazing Coast Guard Commandant Fired by Trump Administration Adm. Linda Fagan, the first woman to serve in the Coast Guard's top job, was relieved following the swearing-in ceremony for...
He Met Trump After Being Booted from the Space Force. Then, He Was Tapped to Help Lead the Air Force. The now-president announced on social media that Matthew Lohmeier would become his nominee to be the second-highest civilian...
Mark Milley's Portrait Disappears from Pentagon on Trump's Inauguration Day The portrait of Milley hung in an ornate hallway that is dedicated to the history of the Joint Chiefs and displays 19 other...
Trump's Promises to Radically Change the Military In this episode, we spoke to two experts with collective decades of experience in analyzing the promises President-elect...
Trump Lays Groundwork for Transgender Military Ban During First Day in Office President Trump has rescinded the previous administration's order allowing transgender troops to serve openly and issued his...