"People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in announcing the ship named ...

Fort Walker, named in 2023 after Civil War Union surgeon Mary Walker, will revert back to Fort A.P. Hill. For her family, the retraction feels familiar.

The Medal of Honor is recognized as the highest award in the U.S. military regardless of branch. Whether the recipients were Privates or Generals, they ultimately distinguished themselves with the ...

New comic book tells tale of Civil War’s first Black Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his ...

Pueblo County celebrated the naming of a new road after a Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Nov. 21. Warren C. Dockum was born in Clintonville, New York.

GUEST: I brought in a watch and a medal from the Civil War from my great-great-grandfather. APPRAISER: What we have is a pocket watch from the American Watch Company in Waltham, M ...

Two Civil War soldiers with ties to Ohio received national recognition from President Joe Biden on Wednesday, who awarded the two privates with posthumous Medals of Honor.U.S. Army Pvts. Philip G ...

Pvts. Philip Shadrach and George Wilson, Army soldiers who served during the Civil War, were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Wednesday. On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ...

Defense Biden praises Civil War soldiers, Medal of Honor recipients for ‘heroic deeds’ by Brad Dress - 07/03/24 5:26 PM ET Greg Nash ...

It’s unclear why they were not initially awarded the Medal of Honor along with the other soldiers who participated in the operation, he said. The Civil War was quite chaotic at the time, he said.

Biden, a Democrat, has said that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump was the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil War.