The flag icon has been used on government sites since 2017, said a spokesperson for the General Services Association, which guides federal website standards. The flag had only nine stars because of ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

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

known as the first battle of the civil war on free soil. On the morning of June 30, 1863, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry first clashed with the rear guard of Union General H.

By 1863, the Civil War was two years old, with costly Union losses. With conscription ... His Medal of Honor came during the battle when the flag bear carrying the American flag was killed.

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