War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...

New Orleans, with its strong maritime traditions, is sometimes considered a "Navy town," but the city's Army roots are equal ...

Civil War era came alive this weekend at the living history re-enactment at Fort Kearny State Historical Park.

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

The Virginia chapter of the NAACP’s lawsuit against the Shenandoah County School Board over renaming two schools after Confederate military figures will head to trial in December.

The evening ceremony was held at the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) plot sponsored by the William E. Carter American Legion ...

Soon thereafter I started getting inquiries about the return of Fort Rucker. It was originally named for Col. Edmund Rucker, ...

The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove cemeteries in ...

Pitt Street building in downtown Charleston that operated as Marion S. Hanckel Kindergarten and Confederate Museum could get new life after legal battle.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

The first recorded translation of the U.S. anthem, into German, was done by schoolteacher, choir director and future New ...