Christmas in McMinnville in1862 in was anything but festive. Scores of Warren County families had sons, fathers, brothers and ...
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Metal detecting Port Hudson battlefield

While metal detecting the historic grounds near the Battle of Port Hudson, we uncovered a series of artifacts that may reveal the final stand of a Civil War cavalry officer. The findings offer a ...
For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the ...
An October conference examined the legacy of the Siege of Petersburg, a grim episode in America’s “great single tragic event.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Approximately 155 Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s Pontiac-based A Troop, 2nd Squadron, ...
The Fighting Sixth,” an Army unit with over 160 years of history, permanently ceased activity Wednesday at Fort Riley.
Fort Riley announced that it said goodbye to the 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment during a ceremony at King Field House.
A Kansas-based military unit with more than 160 years of history serving the nation is officially deactivated. Fort Riley ...
Sailors Creek Battlefield Historical State Park invites visitors to Cavalry Month at the Visitor Center on Saturdays and Sundays during January.
A bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, which was toppled by demonstrators in 2020 following George Floyd’s death, was reinstalled this past weekend in Washington, D.C. The statue, which ...
A statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike that was torn down and torched by protesters in 2020 was restored to its original location in downtown Washington over the weekend by the National Park Service ...
A Virginia school board violated students’ First Amendment rights when it restored the name of a Confederate general to its high school, a federal judge decided this week. District Judge Michael F.