Arrested and Unarmed, He Led a Cavalry Charge and Became the First Italian-American Medal of Honor Recipient On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia...
Battle of Bull Run: The 1913 Civil War Epic That Helped Invent War Movies More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing...
The Last Living Witness to Lincoln’s Assassination Told His Story on a 1950s Game Show Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, and heard the...
Illinois Teen Restores Civil War Graves for Eagle Scout Project Life Scout Josh Bourbon led a group of volunteers to clean and restore the gravesites of Civil War veterans in West Dundee...
Minnesota Company Fills Gap to Provide Bronze Stars for Veterans When new veteran grave markers proved costly, a manufacturer in Minnesota stepped up to help local veterans.
Civil War General and Seneca Leader Ely Samuel Parker Posthumously Admitted to New York State Bar Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer, has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar.
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with Slave Rehung at West Point The reinstallation marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to reverse the work of a congressionally mandated...
Toppled Confederate Statue in DC to Be Replaced in Line with Trump's Executive Order The National Park Service announced that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general and a revered figure...
Ulysses S. Grant Picked a Confederate Slave Owner to Take Down the KKK Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s...
The Latest in Ex-Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill's $25 Million Defamation Lawsuit The $25 million defamation lawsuit by ex-Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill could be decided by a jury in state or federal court.
Veterans Can Now Get VA Auto Grants Every 10 Years. Here's What Changed A disabled veteran who received a Department of Veterans Affairs automobile grant decades ago can now apply for another one.
US Space Force Turns 6: Has It Met Expectations? The U.S. Space Force marked its sixth anniversary in December, reflecting a shift from stand-up to sustained operations as...
A U-Boat Killed 763 American Soldiers on Christmas Eve in 1944. The Army Kept It Secret for 50 Years Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944...
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