Memphis Erases Confederate General From its Public Spaces The park where his grave was located has been the site of protests related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Hispanic Group Sues Santa Fe Mayor Over Destroyed Obelisk Inscriptions at the base of the monument honored Union soldiers who died fighting Indigenous tribes and Confederate soldiers.
The First Medal of Honor Went to an Army Soldier Who Stole a Confederate Train Jacob Parrott was a U.S. soldier who participated in the legendary Civil War mission popularly known as the Great Locomotive...
Workers Begin Removing Confederate General's Remains from Tennessee Park Workers in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun the process of digging up the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Pentagon Begins Process to Purge Confederate Names from Military Bases, Property The NDAA created a commission to put an end to the longstanding U.S. military tradition of honoring Confederate leaders.
The Last Widow of a Civil War Soldier Just Died at 101 Helen Viola Jackson married James Bolin in 1936 -- she never remarried.
The VA Has a Hospital Named for a Slavery-Supporting Confederate Doctor. And It Won’t Change, Wilkie Says Hunter Holmes McGuire played a pivotal role in designating medical personnel as noncombatants but had a troubling history...
How Did 10 Army Bases Get Named for Traitors? We’re in the middle of a national reckoning over racism and representation, and it has thrown new attention onto the fact...
See What Might Be Civil War-Era Ghosts Caught on Camera at Gettysburg A tourist visiting Gettysburg may have captured ghosts on camera during a nighttime drive.
Today's Military Doctors Are Still Learning Lessons from the Battle of Antietam "During their first year of medical school, USU students are taken on a field trip to the Antietam National Battlefield."
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...