When Pulaski’s Edwin Ayers joined the Union Army during the Civil War, an officer made the 16-year-old a drummer boy because ...

Following President John F. Kennedy’s ideas, many people were inspired to join the Peace Corps, which should be honored.

Three veterans are on the ballot in the June gubernatorial primary in New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill, who served in the U.S. Navy ...

The O-1 was used for reconnaissance, radio relay, target acquisition, convoy escort, forward air control and artillery ...

As the nation honors the men and women who died while in service defending the United States this Memorial Day, The Daily Item is highlighting the six Valley veterans who received the Medal of Honor.

Two years ago, I represented the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab at the Defense Innovation Unit summit in Warsaw. A Ukrainian commander there poked me in the chest and said, “Stop sending us your ...

Carney was the first Black American to earn the Medal of Honor, though not the first to be awarded. Several other Black soldiers were awarded the medal during or soon after the Civil War for valor ...

Back in the American Civil War, the American military founded its first aerial force, the Union Army Balloon Corps. Thank Union desperation and several entrepreneurs American aeronauts with a good ...

the legendary “Fighting 69th,” i.e., Meagher’s Irish Brigade of the American Civil War. The Meagher in question was Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher (August 3, 1823-July 1 ...

As the Army explored this vast new conquest, the Corps of Topographical Engineers ... The end of the American Civil War is commonly referenced as a rehearsal for the eventual trench warfare ...

The base is a work of art for its time, the stone carver depicting battles fought, Army insignia ... the American Revolution, has partnered with the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ...

This gives you options for both the Union and the Confederates but you could mix and match as much as you like in reality when it comes to the American Civil War. Uniforms and such ... you to buy from ...