President Joe Biden presented the highest military award for valor to seven U.S. Army soldiers at a ceremony at the White ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...

Although the Battle of Antietam is a much-studied encounter, Budiansky’s consideration of nine people caught up in the battle and its aftermath is thoughtful and insightful.

A monument honoring 70 Black Union soldiers who fought for the U.S. in the Civil War will be unveiled in downtown Rocky Mount ...

DESPITE the American Civil War ending nearly 160 years ago – there was still one place in the world where the Confederate South was seemingly alive and well. Welcome to the town of Santa ...

Outdoor writer and photographer Corbet Deary is featured regularly in The Sentinel-Record. Today, Deary takes readers on a journey to Reed's Bridge Battlefield Heritage Park.

A groundbreaking tribute celebrating the sacrifice of 70 Black Union soldiers will soon grace the heart of Downtown Rocky ...

The Union army removed most of its wounded ... The remains were later identified as those of Confederate soldiers — likely casualties of the local Civil War battle — based on the artifacts ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

George Pickett’s charge, securing a Union victory on the final day ... “He is among the last soldiers to die in the Civil War,” Kraus said, and in fact, his unit claimed he was the final ...

the Civil War was an opportunity to escape to the North and leave slavery behind forever. Many formerly enslaved individuals would join the Union Army as spies, laborers, and even soldiers.

provided chemical courage to all sides during the Syrian civil war, numbing hunger, pain, fear and the need for sleep. During the 1939-40 Winter War with the Soviet Union, Finnish troops dosed ...