Salisbury Steak Was Supposed to Be a Cure-All for Union Troops in the Civil War James H. Salisbury was both the doctor you want and the doctor you should definitely not listen to, but in his day, he was as...
156 Years Later, Ulysses S. Grant Could Get One Last Promotion The war hero, once ranked among the worst U.S. presidents but whose reputation is on the upswing, may be promoted to the rank...
Opposing Civil War Veterans Met in Peace 50 Years After the Battle of Gettysburg Some 53,000 veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg came together in 1913, 50 years after the battle ended.
How a Famous Photo Fueled Northern Support for the Civil War and Inspired the New Movie 'Emancipation'
West Point and Naval Academy Should Scrub Names of Confederate Officers, Panel Tells Congress The Naming Commission released the latest of its recommendations to rid the military of tributes to secessionists who fought...
7 Civil War Battle Streamers Modern-Day US Army Units Will Be Forced to Remove We may not fly our unit flags into battle these days, but the unit guidon is still an important military tradition.
Watch Children of Civil War Veterans Talk About Their Fathers Our personal connections with the Civil War and its veterans are a lot closer than we think.
29th Infantry Division Keeps Historic Patch Despite Nod to Service in the Confederate Army The patch, introduced during World War I, is a blue and gray yin and yang, referencing the merger of old Union and...
Gen. Sherman's Unlikely Path to Founding a Military School for Officers Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman developed many of the ideas on which contemporary warfare is based and incorporated them into...
This Civil War Battle Helped Launch a President's Career The Civil War battle of Middle Creek, Kentucky, involved James Garfield and has been called "the battle that made a...
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.