Because the Medal of Honor was not issued posthumously during the Civil War, Shaw was ineligible for the award at the time, Tom Levis, a leader of the effort, said Friday.

A group of New York veterans are hoping a Civil War Colonel who commanded the first unit of free African Americans recruited for the Union Army will be posthumously honored with the nation's ...

Check out Rafael Eledge's appraisal of a Civil War colonel uniform group, ca. 1863, in Vintage Denver 2024, Hour 2. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

WAYNE — A late Civil War colonel known to be the first Wayne County soldier killed in the war, along with his wife, will be recognized during a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at ...

We are quickly coming to the conclusion of our sesquicentennial remembrance of the American Civil War. April 15 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of President Lincoln.

On 2 May 2017, an article containing the claim that President Trump had hailed KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders as a Civil War "hero" appeared on the web site The Red Schtick:. Speaking to our ...

A Civil War Colonel Invented Fracking in the 1860s His first invention was an ‘oil well torpedo,’ but it was followed by others . Kat Eschner. April 25, 2017. Get our newsletter!

During Civil War, North's first all-black regiment was led by Col. Robert Gould Shaw, whose sword was taken when he died at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, in 1863 ...

On Sept. 11, 1862, Confederate Col. Thomas L. Rosser and the Fifth Virginia Calvary raided Westminster and made Main Street their home for the night. Now, 150 years later, history will come to life… ...

Among the weathered and once-cracked headstones in Michigan’s historic Brighton Village Cemetery, the dual grave markers for Lt. Col. John Gilluly stand out. It was a late summer day when I was ...

Synopsis of book: No single Confederate officer was feared more in Northern Virginia and the lower Shenandoah Valley by the Federal army than Col. John S. Mosby, commanding officer of the 43rd ...