His contributions to the Union victory and his role in shaping post-war military policies cement his legacy as one of the ...

African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...

When traitorous slaveholders led a rebellion in 1861 and attempted to throttle America’s young democracy, the Grand Army of ... perspective, Union soldiers during the Civil War may have written ...

INSCOM honors Army's 250th birthday - 250 years of defending the nation and transforming warfighting through intelligence ...

Sherman joined the U.S. Army ... won the Civil War since its success helped Lincoln win reelection in the 1864 presidential election over George McClellan, a former top Union general whose ...

Lee declined Abraham Lincoln’s offer to lead Union ... War and the Civil War — the latter two as the commanding officer. He was the first Army officer to hold the rank of lieutenant general ...

At a ceremony on Veterans Day, officials in the abolitionist’s home state honored her military service during the Civil War .

Some did, but the vast majority crossed Union lines as soon as Northern troops entered their vicinity. A Confederate general ... the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army.

The conflict that does attract attention is the most uniquely American one: the Civil War. A number of U.S. military units ... valley not only routed four Union generals, but it also kept them ...

Sadly, even as many Jewish soldiers became American by serving in the Union army, the Civil War produced a range of ... I have been sent by my general to enlist new recruits so I am today in ...

COLUMBUS, OhioCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general ... of a military school in Louisiana when ...