The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

In south-central Illinois, the Macoupin County Civil War Round Table has led an effort to restore both the national and regimental flags of the 122nd Illinois, comprised almost entirely of local men.

George Thomas Leach joined the Union Army on Nov. 27, 1863, and was mustered into Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery on Dec. 21, 1863, according to John Leach. He transferred to the Union ...

Struve called his Union Army the “Army of the Columbia,” a fictitious name referencing the Columbia River. A “42nd Corp” green, red and blue battle flag was posted outside of Struve’s tent.

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — and the start of the Civil War.

The Union army, led by General Ulysses S. Grant, had relentlessly pursued the Confederate troops—this time, there would be no possible escape. Lee and his men were famished, exhausted and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this ...

Civil War re-enactors fold an American flag near an urn holding the cremated remains of Union soldier Byron R. Johnson during services last month at Oak Grove Cemetery, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.