Memphis Erases Confederate General From its Public Spaces The park where his grave was located has been the site of protests related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Hispanic Group Sues Santa Fe Mayor Over Destroyed Obelisk Inscriptions at the base of the monument honored Union soldiers who died fighting Indigenous tribes and Confederate soldiers.
The First Medal of Honor Went to an Army Soldier Who Stole a Confederate Train Jacob Parrott was a U.S. soldier who participated in the legendary Civil War mission popularly known as the Great Locomotive...
Workers Begin Removing Confederate General's Remains from Tennessee Park Workers in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun the process of digging up the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Pentagon Begins Process to Purge Confederate Names from Military Bases, Property The NDAA created a commission to put an end to the longstanding U.S. military tradition of honoring Confederate leaders.
The Last Widow of a Civil War Soldier Just Died at 101 Helen Viola Jackson married James Bolin in 1936 -- she never remarried.
The VA Has a Hospital Named for a Slavery-Supporting Confederate Doctor. And It Won’t Change, Wilkie Says Hunter Holmes McGuire played a pivotal role in designating medical personnel as noncombatants but had a troubling history...
How Did 10 Army Bases Get Named for Traitors? We’re in the middle of a national reckoning over racism and representation, and it has thrown new attention onto the fact...
See What Might Be Civil War-Era Ghosts Caught on Camera at Gettysburg A tourist visiting Gettysburg may have captured ghosts on camera during a nighttime drive.
Today's Military Doctors Are Still Learning Lessons from the Battle of Antietam "During their first year of medical school, USU students are taken on a field trip to the Antietam National Battlefield."
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...