During the Civil War, the Union Navy worked to capture various Confederate forts and cut off southern ports from precious…
During the Civil War, a unit’s battle flag was of critical importance. It led men into the fight and gave…
Edward Cohota was born near Shanghai, China, in the 1840s. His last name was derived from a ship called “Cohota,” which was…
At the beginning of the Civil War, Army 1st Lt. Francis Edwin Brownell avenged the death of his unit’s colonel…
As we observe Memorial Day 2023, it is important to understand why we mark this special day, and how the…
Arlington National Cemetery conducted a rare funeral service for a Civil War soldier this week, providing military funeral honors with…
Out of the nearly 3,500 Medal of Honor recipients, only one was a woman — just one — and her…
It’s not often that overzealousness can lead to a court martial on charges of desertion, but that was the case…
Lewis Millett was born in December 1920 in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and was raised in South Dartmouth, Mass. Enlisting in the Massachusetts…
Robert Neller was born in February 1953 at Camp Pork, La. He attended East Lansing High School in Lansing, Mich., and graduated in 1971….
