U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

Now, Victor Vifquain's Civil War-era Medal of Honor ... Vifquain joined the 3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War, but arrived in Cuba after combat there had ended.

In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the ...

When a Youngstown councilman proposed changing the name of Hadnet Drive, descendants of George F. Hadnett decided it was time for people to be reacquainted with the World War I hero. The original name ...

The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865. There's little controversy over the first ...

Nearly 80 years after his death, the last Union Civil War veteran buried in Adams County was honored Sunday during a ceremony ...

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