6 Simple Reasons the Union Won the Civil War Cotton, slaves and arrogance just weren't going to be enough to overcome everything else the Confederates lacked during the...
West Point and Naval Academy Should Scrub Names of Confederate Officers, Panel Tells Congress The Naming Commission released the latest of its recommendations to rid the military of tributes to secessionists who fought...
7 Civil War Battle Streamers Modern-Day US Army Units Will Be Forced to Remove We may not fly our unit flags into battle these days, but the unit guidon is still an important military tradition.
Watch Children of Civil War Veterans Talk About Their Fathers Our personal connections with the Civil War and its veterans are a lot closer than we think.
29th Infantry Division Keeps Historic Patch Despite Nod to Service in the Confederate Army The patch, introduced during World War I, is a blue and gray yin and yang, referencing the merger of old Union and...
Gen. Sherman's Unlikely Path to Founding a Military School for Officers Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman developed many of the ideas on which contemporary warfare is based and incorporated them into...
This Civil War Battle Helped Launch a President's Career The Civil War battle of Middle Creek, Kentucky, involved James Garfield and has been called "the battle that made a...
Soldier's Journals Tell a Vivid Story About the Irish Brigade and Civil War Pvt. William McCarter of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry was part of the Army of the Potomac's legendary Irish Brigade.
Monument Honoring Black Civil War Unit Rededicated A Boston memorial to a famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers has been rededicated at a ceremony filled with song and...
What Confederate President Jefferson Davis Wrote to His Brother Among what Jefferson Davis wrote to his brother, Joseph: "All I have, except my wife and children, I am ready to sacrifice...
Here's Why Putin Is Calling Up Veterans to Fight in His Ukraine War Putin announced he will pull 300,000 troops from Russia's reserve forces -- veterans who have past military training -- and...
Air Force Picks 2 Bases for New F-35 and F-16 Pilot Training Centers It looks as though Selfridge Air National Guard Base is once again in the running to become a training center for the F-35...
Nimitz Drinking Water Contaminated With Jet Fuel, Navy Acknowledges The confirmation comes after reports cropped up on social media and blogs alleging not only that a leak had occurred but that...
'Fat Leonard,' Fugitive in Massive Navy Bribery Case, Caught in Venezuela The arrest came on the eve of his scheduled sentencing in a federal court in California for a bribery scheme that lasted more...
VA Family Caregiver Benefits for 'Legacy' Veterans Extended Through 2025 While a review of the program's eligibility criteria is underway, participants in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for...
