Battle of Bull Run: The 1913 Civil War Epic That Helped Invent War Movies More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing...
The Last Living Witness to Lincoln’s Assassination Told His Story on a 1950s Game Show Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, and heard the...
Illinois Teen Restores Civil War Graves for Eagle Scout Project Life Scout Josh Bourbon led a group of volunteers to clean and restore the gravesites of Civil War veterans in West Dundee...
Minnesota Company Fills Gap to Provide Bronze Stars for Veterans When new veteran grave markers proved costly, a manufacturer in Minnesota stepped up to help local veterans.
Civil War General and Seneca Leader Ely Samuel Parker Posthumously Admitted to New York State Bar Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer, has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar.
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with Slave Rehung at West Point The reinstallation marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to reverse the work of a congressionally mandated...
Toppled Confederate Statue in DC to Be Replaced in Line with Trump's Executive Order The National Park Service announced that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general and a revered figure...
Ulysses S. Grant Picked a Confederate Slave Owner to Take Down the KKK Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s...
New Graphic Novel Spotlights Robert Smalls, Who Escaped Slavery on a Stolen Confederate Ship Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress...
Navy Commodore Relieved of Duties, First In Role To Lose Job in 2026 The relieved commodore lost the "trust and confidence" of superiors, will retain a staff position.
This Marine Married Chesty Puller’s Daughter and Was Recommended for the Medal of Honor at Khe Sanh In 1967, Vietnam, Capt. Bill Dabney chose the Marine unit closest to the enemy—an instinct that soon put him and his men at...
Pentagon Overhauls Military Moving System After Years of Family Complaints The Pentagon is overhauling its broken military moving system to centralize control, modernize technology and restore trust...
The Last Living Witness to Lincoln’s Assassination Told His Story on a 1950s Game Show Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, and heard the...
2026 Military Pay Charts Military service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in 2026. Some senior officers may receive smaller percentages.
