John Williams wasn’t a particularly tall man, standing at 5 feet, 6 inches, but he made a big impact after joining the Union ...

“They have documented everything from battle scenes and soldier portraits to the use of new weapons and equipment, medical ...

Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military's second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old ...

Fort Benning's new namesake, Fred Benning, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his battlefield courage ...

As a Confederate soldier, he fought for the Southern pro-slavery states who wanted to break away from the Union. The conflict prompted Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 ...

"Hell" was the soldiers' words, and they had been through ... destroy Gen. Richard Taylor's Confederate forces in west Louisiana; organize pro-Union state governments throughout the region ...

Though Banks did not give the order, soldiers burned the city to the ground ... Richard Taylor's Confederate forces in west Louisiana; organize pro-Union state governments throughout ...

The Army also took advantage of an abundance of cheap land and favorable weather in the South to build new military bases, which were named after local Confederate soldiers to win over white ...

The Soldier's Body Recovered in Yard is believed to be the last confederate lost in battle. This is about the recovery of Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, CSA, from the American Civil War.

A descendant of Confederate Col. Edmund Rucker today denounced demands from Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen that Fort Novosel revert to being named after her distant cousin. “Rucker family ...