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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The people who served they put their lives on the line,” said Kirk Nystrom of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp 16. “Thankfully, ...