Gen. Sherman's Unlikely Path to Founding a Military School for Officers Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman developed many of the ideas on which contemporary warfare is based and incorporated them into...
This Civil War Battle Helped Launch a President's Career The Civil War battle of Middle Creek, Kentucky, involved James Garfield and has been called "the battle that made a...
Soldier's Journals Tell a Vivid Story About the Irish Brigade and Civil War Pvt. William McCarter of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry was part of the Army of the Potomac's legendary Irish Brigade.
Monument Honoring Black Civil War Unit Rededicated A Boston memorial to a famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers has been rededicated at a ceremony filled with song and...
What Confederate President Jefferson Davis Wrote to His Brother Among what Jefferson Davis wrote to his brother, Joseph: "All I have, except my wife and children, I am ready to sacrifice...
Fort Liberty? Bragg and 8 Other Bases Get New Proposed Names to Scrub Confederate Links The proposed names must now go to Congress and be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
How Douglas MacArthur's Father Helped Deliver 'the Death Knell of the Confederacy' Douglas MacArthur's father, Arthur, earned a Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Missionary Ridge during the...
A Hungarian Immigrant's 'Zagonyi Death Ride' Beat the Odds During the Civil War Gen. John C. Fremont appointed Charles Zagonyi to organize and command an elite unit known as the Body Guard or the Jesse...
Harriet Tubman and the Often Overlooked History of Her Civil War Military Raids Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less...
Why Ulysses S. Grant Might Be Getting a Promotion Soon Some members of Congress think it's time to elevate Grant to the Army's highest rank, on par with George Washington.
West Point Grad Congressman Says He Has 'Zero Time' for Complaints About Woke Military, Focused on China Rep. Pat Ryan argued political attacks such as GOP accusations of "critical race theory" infiltrating the military academies...
US Supreme Court Rejects Veteran's Challenge to Disability Claims Filing Deadline The decision spares the VA from paying 30 years worth of compensation to a Navy veteran, as well as potential claims by...
Millions of Tricare Users Must Approve Mail-Order Prescription Refills Starting Now Express Scripts has started sending out notices asking Tricare patients to confirm their mail-order prescription refills.
US Airstrike Kills Around 30 al-Shabaab Militants in Somalia, Military Says The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu near Galcad, Somalia.
The Army Forced to Change the Name of Its New Rifle The service's upcoming M5 from Sig Sauer will now be called the M7 after it was discovered Colt Industries also makes a...