Joe Crawford reflects on his great-grandfather's service in the Civil War, his sacrifice and the family's tradition of ...

The 9/11 trial could force the CIA to disclose its Guantánamo Bay secrets - An obscure records request, an ACLU lawsuit, and ...

Veterans of wars from two different centuries are buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Sycamore, and DeKalb County locals are trying ...

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of ...

Unlike the Confederates, the Union had to fight and win an offensive war. Lincoln and his advisors developed a multipronged ...

I’ve researched the rare moments of intimacy during war, when enemies see the humanity in each other and forge unlikely ...

In leaving behind their war-torn lives to seek new opportunities, they mirror the historical trend that saw Confederate settlers moving West during and after the Civil War ... including the fact that ...

Lacking formal training in medicine or nursing, Walt Whitman nonetheless realized ‘the simple matter of personal presence, ...

After the Civil War, men returning to Exeter tried their best to get back to work and raise a family. Here are a few of their ...

President-elect Trump is expected to transform the U.S. military from the Pentagon, with promises to slash spending, thin the ...

Men, even great men, are not built from marble but from flesh and blood.

With Kamala Harris’s concession, America stands at a crossroads, deciding whether to return to the foundations of White ...