From New York state to Virginia and back to Cattaraugus County, the 37th New York Regimental Presentation Flag has a storied ...

A Hanover park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover in 1863 ... old Union private Thomas Burke, ...

21-year-old Union private Thomas Burke, of the 5th New York Cavalry, would win the first congressional medal of honor won on free soil. Burke won the medal for capturing the flag of the ...

3, 1863. The site is located 23 miles southeast ... Instead, leaders of the individual bands gathered there met under a flag of truce. None of the leaders had the authority to speak for any ...

He enlisted in March 1863, joining the 54th. His Medal of Honor came during the battle when the flag bear carrying the American flag was killed. Carney snatched up Old Glory and marched forward.

This is true to the experience of those who fought the original battle in early July 1863, when it was so hot ... I came with my then 10-year-old son Ben, who did musket training with a group ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

In 1863, 48 counties in the western part of Virginia seceded from the Old Dominion to form West Virginia ... ran up the white flag, a compromise was reached, and McDonald Territory faded into ...