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Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with...

Contemporary National Guard units that were a part of the Confederacy and waged war against the United States during the...

In recognition of her intelligence contributions, Mary Jane Richards was inducted into the U.S. Army Intelligence Hall of...

Robert Smalls, a former slave who was conscripted into Confederate service, stole a Confederate steamer ship and escaped from...

While Matthew Fontaine Maury is considered the father of modern oceanography, he resigned his commission in 1861 and joined...

James H. Salisbury was both the doctor you want and the doctor you should definitely not listen to, but in his day, he was as...

The war hero, once ranked among the worst U.S. presidents but whose reputation is on the upswing, may be promoted to the rank...

Some 53,000 veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg came together in 1913, 50 years after the battle ended.

The Naming Commission released the latest of its recommendations to rid the military of tributes to secessionists who fought...