Wood, born into slavery, fought in the Union Army. He returned to Robertsville and founded Wood Chapel and School for other ...

The City of Hickman, Kentucky dedicated an “In Memory Of” headstone to John Hughey, who served in the U.S. Army.

James Henry Ingraham asked a poignant question in the New Orleans Tribune in 1865: “We must ask for our rights as men. If we ...

The modern-day Monuments Men will be based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The U.S. Army Reserve and the Smithsonian are partnering to establish a modern-day "Monuments Men" program, reviving a ...

Tim O’Neal is the secretary-treasurer of the Baker camp, a nonprofit that locates the final resting place of Union soldiers, ...

In August 2020, I wrote for The Telegraph a column titled “Grand Army of the Republic’s legacy lives on.” It dealt with the Parrott Rifle, sometimes called “the cemetery cannon,” which sits in Alton ...

The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. One of the most unique feuds came in the ...