Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

In western Europe, the four-year slaughter of World War One was drawing to an end.But across the former Russian Empire, a new ...

Contributed Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, center, holds up a Missouri flag flown over the state Capitol alongside ...

For decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities.

In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

Joe Crawford reflects on his great-grandfather's service in the Civil War, his sacrifice and the family's tradition of ...

It is a mission that members at the Legion Post 77 feel must be accomplished for three civil war veterans who may have been ...

"It felt like we were doing right for someone who otherwise would have been lost to history." For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in ...

Also a Civil War buff, he decided to study Barnard ... crediting the Sheffield Historical Society for “discovering not only ...

The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...

“After looking at maps of the Civil War, after looking at property records ... But it will be much more than ha history marker. For Jorgenson, it's a symbol of duty. “It is just a way for me to thank ...