July 1 marked 150 years since the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg, a crucial victory for the Union and a turning point in the Civil War. But it came at an enormous cost to both sides — thousands ...

Experts from the Presidio Trust say renovators are taking extraordinary steps to preserve the hospital's historic detail, ...

Dr. Howard Snyder grew up in Cheyenne and became a U.S. Army surgeon during World War II. When he met Dwight Eisenhower, the ...

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For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations that generate combat power.1 Institutional strategy, the mechanism by which ...

WASHINGTON — Harriet Tubman etched her place in history while traversing long distances and guiding runaway slaves to freedom. But historians also credit the Maryland native as being the first female ...

The last military installation in Virginia named after a Confederate soldier has been officially renamed from Fort A.P. Hill to Fort Walker. (Courtesy Fort Walker on Facebook) The last military ...

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.