On Feb. 15, 1862, Sen. Henry Wilson, R-Mass., then chair of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, introduced a resolution for a Medal of Honor for the Army, according to the U.S.

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - President Abraham Lincoln authorized an all-Black military regiment in South Carolina on Aug. 25, 1862, during the Civil War. Soldiers recruited by the Union to fight against the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Confederacy lacked the resources to produce a working helicopter. It’s the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 and Union forces on Cemetery Ridge await ...

Every Memorial Day, Americans pause to remember the service members who never returned home from war. Here are the seven bloodiest wars in American history ...

Dan Orr, a volunteer tour guide at Gettysburg National Military Park, shares the story of his ancestor, Patrick Farrington.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Civil War: 1862 Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy ...

WASHINGTON (WHTM) — In September 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Then in January of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. One of the details that ...

He was visiting his great-grandfather’s grave at the Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton a few years ago when he noticed a group of people mowing the grounds and trimming the ...

Contributing significantly to Oxford's new academic series Pivotal Moments in American History and to the literature on the Civil War, McPherson convincingly establishes the Battle of Antietam as the ...

At the national cemetery there is peace. There is no news to report, no current affairs to parse, no urgent interview ...

LITCHFIELD — Author, historian and state representative Dean Urdahl will unveil his most recent film, "Assault on Fort Ridgely," based on his 2008 book, "Uprising," at 7 p.m. April 23-25 at the ...

Eric Bachenberg said joining the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War was his way of learning more about his family’s ...