WASHINGTON — The White House announced President Joe Biden will posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Civil War Soldiers Pvt. Philip Gephart Shadrach and Pvt. George Davenport Wilson for their ...

Civil War soldiers Pvt. Philip Shadrach, left, and Pvt. George Wilson, right, will be posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for their roles in the “Great Locomotive Chase” that took place in 1862.

Capt. Hugh P. Boon received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Salyer's Creek, the last major battle of the Civil War. Two styles of the Medal of Honor given to Boon and other ...

But the ceremony to honor the Marine with the nation’s highest medal for valor was unique in more ways than one. At the age ...

Fort A.P. Hill was redesignated in 2023 as Fort Walker, in honor of the Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient Dr. Mary E. Walker. The base will once again be Fort A.P. Hill following an order by ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Scott and Kimberly Chandler heard family stories growing up about their great-great-great grandfather, George Wilson, being a spy. “Hearing from my mom, it was talked about in hush ...

They commandeered a train in what became known as the "Great Locomotive Chase." Two Union soldiers who 162 years ago took part in one of America's first special operations were posthumously awarded ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War ...

Vicki Ozenbaugh, past department president of the Nebraska American Legion Auxiliary, speaks during a Medal of Honor Remembrance Service for Civil War veteran Jacob C. Miller Saturday, June 29, 2024 ...