Civil War

U.S. presidents have long used their power of clemency to grant amnesty, commutations or pardons to military personnel.

They were never supposed to see action, but the old men of the Union Army were among the most reliable.

At the Battle of Mine Creek, Confederates wore Union uniforms as a private walked away with a prisoner and the nation's...

The first Black man in a Union uniform, Nick Biddle was also the first man wounded in the Civil War.

The exhaustive list identifies hundreds of items named for Confederate leaders, officers and conflicts spotted at military...

A Union and Confederate soldier engaged in a fistfight during the Civil War after both found themselves in a gully during a...

It was a good thing for many Union soldiers that Norwood Penrose Hallowell was a strong swimmer.

After trying to raise a regiment of Iroquois volunteers to fight for the Union, Ely Parker called on an old friend.

The list has famous military names such as Colin Powell and Audie Murphy, as well as Gen. Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower.

The effort requires the U.S. military to remove names of Confederates on bases, ships, buildings and streets that commemorate...