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

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

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, ...

Contributed Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, center, holds up a Missouri flag flown over the state Capitol alongside ...

1 of 7 | A bust of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman can be seen between the vaults at Grant's Tomb in New York City.

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

In western Europe, the four-year slaughter of World War One was drawing to an end.But across the former Russian Empire, a new ...

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

"It's amazing that they were still there and we found them," said Tom Keating, coordinator for the Missing In America Project ...

A gruesome talk billed as a 'white knuckle ride' through the English Civil War is due to take place in Worcester.

It is a mission that members at the Legion Post 77 feel must be accomplished for three civil war veterans who may have been ...