WASHINGTON — The commission charged with eliminating commemoration of the Confederacy in the U.S. military recommended Monday that the Army ban the flying of Confederate campaign streamers on unit ...

Justin Calhoun was busy last week doing what he usually does around this time of year leading up to Confederate Memorial Day ...

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: The Union defeated the Confederacy. The nation ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

Few units in the U.S. Army are as fabled as the Dundalk-based 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment (5th Maryland), better known simply as the 175th Infantry Regiment, of the Maryland Army National ...

More than 160 years after they were captured and executed by Confederate rebels, two U.S. soldiers are set to be posthumously recognized for their valor during the Civil War with the Medal of Honor.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month.

On Saturday, area history buffs will descend on Westminster for the annual commemoration of Corbit’s Charge, also known as the Battle of Westminster. The battle took place on June 29, 1863 as part of ...

Recently, I was afforded the opportunity to purchase a large collection of books relating to the Civil War from a local resident. As he and his wife prepared to leave the area for a retirement ...

Bishop Hill Civil War Day will be May 16, with a Civil War battle reenactment, an encampment and sutler area, and other ...