John Leach learned that his great-great grandfather served in the Civil War and was buried without a gravestone, so he did ...

On May 26, 1900, the Geneva Daily Times told its readers the Union veterans would not parade on Memorial Day. The local ...

More than a half century after Americans began decorating the graves of those who died during the Civil War, the annual ...

Military records can reveal valuable details about ancestors, from service history to family connections. This article ...

Pacheco, a veteran herself, also questioned how the stone monument, with a Confederate battle flag ... “To say that the Civil War was about states’ rights or self governance is totally false ...

A collection of Confederate generals, including Jefferson Davis, composed by the United States between 1861 and 1865, who ...

Memorial Day is considered by many to be the beginning of summer, when swimming pools are reopened and Little League baseball ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — two years after the ...

More than one American historian has described the Civil War as the conflict that turned brother against brother. Among the ...

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

On Monday, amid barbecues and sun-soaked lake outings, Americans paused for a moment to remember the men and women who have died while serving in the military.