Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

Lorain County Veterans Service Commission officials deserve credit for purchasing 39 books from the 103rd Ohio Volunteer ...

The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day. Veterans decorated ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War (1861-1865) was no exception. At their most basic level, Civil War uniforms ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who betrayed his country to become the first and only president of the ...

"We should go before they find us." "They already have." Saban Films has revealed the official trailer for an action thriller movie titled Resurrection Road, an indie film telling a story from the ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

The holiday commemorates Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil ... the 20th and 21st centuries," the ADL writes. The American Civil War Museum describes the use of the flag after the Civil ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union supporter in Virginia, led one of the most successful spy rings of the war. Confederate spy ... dedicated solely to the American Civil War. It is one of the largest ...