This Civil War Battle Helped Launch a President's Career The Civil War battle of Middle Creek, Kentucky, involved James Garfield and has been called "the battle that made a...
Gen. Sherman's Unlikely Path to Founding a Military School for Officers Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman developed many of the ideas on which contemporary warfare is based and incorporated them into...
Soldier's Journals Tell a Vivid Story About the Irish Brigade and Civil War Pvt. William McCarter of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry was part of the Army of the Potomac's legendary Irish Brigade.
Monument Honoring Black Civil War Unit Rededicated A Boston memorial to a famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers has been rededicated at a ceremony filled with song and...
What Confederate President Jefferson Davis Wrote to His Brother Among what Jefferson Davis wrote to his brother, Joseph: "All I have, except my wife and children, I am ready to sacrifice...
Fort Liberty? Bragg and 8 Other Bases Get New Proposed Names to Scrub Confederate Links The proposed names must now go to Congress and be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
How Douglas MacArthur's Father Helped Deliver 'the Death Knell of the Confederacy' Douglas MacArthur's father, Arthur, earned a Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Missionary Ridge during the...
A Hungarian Immigrant's 'Zagonyi Death Ride' Beat the Odds During the Civil War Gen. John C. Fremont appointed Charles Zagonyi to organize and command an elite unit known as the Body Guard or the Jesse...
Harriet Tubman and the Often Overlooked History of Her Civil War Military Raids Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less...
Why Ulysses S. Grant Might Be Getting a Promotion Soon Some members of Congress think it's time to elevate Grant to the Army's highest rank, on par with George Washington.
Army Extending Assignments for Recruiters Involuntarily as Service Scrambles to Fill Ranks So far, the service has selected 267 "high performing" recruiters to have their assignments involuntarily extended.
10th Mountain Commander Says Leaders Need to Leave Soldiers Alone After Hours The commander of the Army's prestigious 10th Mountain Division wants troops to be less glued to their phones.
Military Leader Warns of 'Pre-Serial Killer Tendencies' After 4 Mutilated Cats Found at Nellis Air Force Base The command chief master sergeant of the 57th Wing warns airmen that four cats have been found "cut in half" since February.
After Series of Crashes, Navy to Pause Flight Operations for Safety Reviews The safety pause does not apply to the Marine Corps.
Another Military Aircraft Crashes in Southern California, the Third in a Week The Navy said that all four of the aircrew on board the helicopter survived, though one sailor suffered "non-life threatening...
