The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States of America, and so far were able to fight the Union Army.

This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the American Civil War. From General Ulysses S. Grant's relentless Overland Campaign ...

Dozens of people who hadn't even heard of Civil War veteran John Weigel until today honoring his memory and his family. The first of its kind in Westmoreland County, *** Memorial Day ceremony for the ...

Inspired by a true story of survival.

Up at Anniston's Edgemont Cemetery, not far from Noble Street's northernmost point, rest the bones of a Union soldier whose Swiss-born father wore the U.S. uniform in two wars and died in a Civil War ...

The cavalry officer dressed in Union blue certainly looked out of place as he laid a wreath before the Confederate Veterans Statue in Frederick's Mount Olivet Cemetery. The occasion was Confederate ...

Harriet Tubman served in several roles in the Union Army, becoming the first American woman to oversee military action in a time of war. Heritage Art / Heritage Images via Getty Images Harriet Tubman ...

In the rush to judgment against Mayor Adams these last few weeks, a slew of respected columnists, political scientists, and historians have aptly regurgitated the sorry legacies of our past corrupt, ...

ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood Cemetery ...

To recognize the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of the American Civil War, the Elmhurst Choral Union will perform “An American Civil War Memorial,” an oratorio composed by Dr. Michael Karasis, on ...

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 ...