Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian immigrant in Michigan, disguised herself as “Frank Thompson” to serve in the Union Army’s 2nd ...

A York County Civil War veteran who died penniless in 1928 will finally receive a military headstone and recognition this Memorial Day weekend.

History buffs and military memorabilia collectors will have a chance to acquire new items for their collection, browse historical artifacts, fire a Civil War era cannon, and listen to a ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States of America, and so far were able to fight the Union Army.

This past August Army Private Sandy Wills was buried with full military honors at a veterans' cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. Private Wills served his country, though not in this century, or the last.

Marine action during the Civil War was limited. There were few of them in the Federal military, when the South seceded from the Union. About half of the Marine officers joined their states and formed ...

Weapons of mass destruction during the Civil War will be discussed at a special meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley at 7 p.m. March 12 at the Knights of Columbus, 312 Franklin ...

Whether the debate is occasioned by a polemical book or a movie like last year’s “Civil War,” I consistently take the negative on the question of whether the United States is headed for a genuine ...

President Donald Trump said "Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights" on Thursday morning. By evening, Marines were positioned on the outskirts of the city. Around 200 Marines armed ...

An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of ...

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The answer is no. These Critical Questions use core findings from the academic literature on civil wars and political violence to situate recent tragic events and fundamentally challenge the notion ...