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

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

Throughout 2025, the Herald-Leader will showcase Lexington’s 250-year history, such as the Lexington Rifles, a Civil War militia that was formed in 1857.

Glenn Smeltzer stood with pride in Westmoreland County Courthouse Square on Saturday as he and his son watched a ceremony a ...

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial ...

In the years leading up to the Civil War Meigs also supervised ... In addition, as the Union Army was assembled, this craze of weapons purchased created a supply nightmare. There were over 15 ...

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

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

"My group is participating in the weapons demonstration," he said ... Hardtack was a staple food for soldiers during the Civil War on both the Union and Confederate sides. It was a hard ...