Capt. Hugh P. Boon of Pennsylvania served in the U.S. Army from 1861 to 1865. His descendants recently gave his Medal of Honor to Bill Given.

More than 150 years after the first regiments of Buffalo Soldiers were formed, a bipartisan pair of senators is looking to ...

Wikimedia Commons/Library of Congress George Atzerodt’s failed assassination of Andrew Johnson One man’s cowardice saved a ...

Noted poet, performer and civil rights voice Maya Angelou, who spent much of her formative years under her grandmother's care ...

Turning an old truck leaf spring into a Bowie knife is an exciting way to repurpose durable scrap metal into a high-quality tool. Truck leaf springs are made from tough steel, making them perfect ...

Her other arm is around a young confederate standing on her proper right side. The man is looking down, his head tilted slightly to his proper right and down; he holds a flag in his proper right hand ...

ATLANTA – The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the organization’s Lawrenceville chapter and two Gwinnett County men have appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court their ...

BROOKVILLE — A ceremony to honor Jefferson County’s last Civil War veteran was held recently at the Brookville Cemetery, when a special marker was placed on the grave of William ...

Archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull.

Archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull.