Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

Leonard F Pryor's medals "were passed to me a few years ago, as his namesake," his great-grandson Leonard Lawson told Newsweek.

Service members deployed abroad in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel outside of the Afghanistan Campaign Medal area of eligibility are now eligible for award of the Global War on Terrorism ...

A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia would not be the state it is today without the sacrifice made by thousands of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War. However, many of those who fought ...