Civil War

Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less...

Some members of Congress think it's time to elevate Grant to the Army's highest rank, on par with George Washington.

A U.S. Army general wanted a way to scare the Germans as the Americans went "over the top" of the trenches of France.

U.S. presidents have long used their power of clemency to grant amnesty, commutations or pardons to military personnel.

They were never supposed to see action, but the old men of the Union Army were among the most reliable.

At the Battle of Mine Creek, Confederates wore Union uniforms as a private walked away with a prisoner and the nation's...

The first Black man in a Union uniform, Nick Biddle was also the first man wounded in the Civil War.

The exhaustive list identifies hundreds of items named for Confederate leaders, officers and conflicts spotted at military...

A Union and Confederate soldier engaged in a fistfight during the Civil War after both found themselves in a gully during a...

It was a good thing for many Union soldiers that Norwood Penrose Hallowell was a strong swimmer.