After noticing the deteriorating marker honoring local Civil War soldier Michael Burke, Jack Welsh and Carole Weaver set out ...

With the Memorial Day holiday just days away, we remember the soldiers that fell in battle that paid the price of our freedom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 105 years after his death, a Minnesota Civil War veteran finally received military honors at his burial site Saturday in St. Paul.

General Orlando M. Poe Camp 444 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold a memorial service for Cpl. Gabriel ...

Pictured by an unknown photographer, five U.S. Marine Corps privates with fixed bayonets under the command of their noncommissioned officer (NCO), who displays his M1859 Marine NCO sword. Navy Yard, ...

More than 40 million people have served in the armed forces since the Civil War, but fewer than 4,000 have been awarded the Medal of Honor, said Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, who helped lead a successful ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! National Archives Textual Records Division Director Trevor Plante highlighted an original Medal of Honor from the Civil War.

ST PAUL, Minn. — 105 years after his death, a Minnesota Civil War veteran finally received military honors at his burial site Saturday in St. Paul. Captain Joseph Burger, who is the grandfather of ...

Civil War Medal of Honor recipient finally receives Headstone Medallion On February 15, 1863, Captain Burger, who was only 14 at the time, and 15 others, heroically defended a wagon train against the ...