In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th US Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms ...
The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...
The cremated remains of 28 Civil War veterans were recently discovered in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery ...
He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...
On Nov. 15, 1864, late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh (teh-KUM’-seh) Sherman began ...
The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of their wives are receiving burial services across the country. As first ...
For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities ...
There was no big fanfare. Only a handful of people gathered to pay their respects. Yet there was something profound about the ...
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
The post-Civil War era was brought to life Saturday by actors portraying Grand Army of the Republic members. Union soldiers ...