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

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Back in the American Civil War, the American military founded its first aerial force, the Union Army Balloon Corps ... the Bureau of Topographical Engineers. Over the next two years, the ...

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

A Plum woman who teaches students about American history learned about her own ties to one of the most significant chapters ...

"I know he left the school to lead the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War, and I know there are ... served as an "instructor of engineering and military tactics for 125 cadets ...

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY IN DES MOINES. GLENDALE CEMETERY. THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESTED IN UNMARKED GRAVES, UNMARKED UNTIL TODAY. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SHARES THE EFFORTS TO ...

Civil War veteran George Thomas Leach Sr ... He transferred to the Union Navy on May 9, 1864, working as an engineer and serving until he was discharged on Sept. 3, 1865, John Leach said.