Abolitionist Harriet Tubman was officially made a one-star brigadier general in the Maryland National Guard on Veterans Day ...

In addition to her work leading slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, Tubman headed reconnaissance parties and ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

“Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War,” the latest contribution from Civil War and Abraham Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo, is filled with ...

In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

Millions of words have been written about the American Civil War and there is nothing particularly new here ... did the ...

Joe Crawford reflects on his great-grandfather's service in the Civil War, his sacrifice and the family's tradition of ...

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six ...

The essence of America has always been the battle over its essence. No one election has ever determined its complete or ...