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

Sudan's civil war has overwhelmed a border town in neighboring Chad. Nearly a quarter-million refugees have arrived in Adre and the humanitarian frontline on the edge of one of the world’s ...

Female spy balanced moral conviction and risky clandestine work to support the Union during the Civil War By Gerri Willis Fox News Published May 31, 2025 9:00am EDT | Updated May 31, 2025 7:00am EDT ...

In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the county, John E. Weigel.

Members of the Blue and Gray Brigade Civil War reenactment group, along with women in period dress, gather Monday in Irwin’s Union Cemetery for a ceremony honoring John E. Wiegel, the last known ...

Civil War marker has survived to tell the story of Union troops’ surrender. By Paula Allen, Contributor May 24, 2025.

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...

Gravestones during a dedication ceremony for six Civil War veterans, who were previously in unmarked graves. The dedication ceremony, held by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the ...

For more than a century in Des Moines’s Glendale Cemetery, the remains of 15 Union Civil War veterans rested in unmarked graves. They remained unmarked until Thursday, when the culmination of ...