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

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 ...

By the time the battle was won, at about 8:30 that morning, it had taken an estimated 800-plus Union casualties—some 130 black troops killed in action ... a footnote in Civil War history ...