The cemeteries of those killed at Antietam, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, and other hallowed grounds are evocative of the great conflict, but so are the statues of Civil War heroes created in the late ...

The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...

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The posthumous recognition comes as the legacy of the Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 Union and Confederate service members between 1861 and 1865, continues to shape U.S. politics in a ...

RELATED: Union Baptist Cemetery and its Black Civil War heroes. The move would mean Powhaten Beaty will finally get the recognition he earned. Beaty was born enslaved in Virginia.

CARVER – He survived being severely wounded fighting for the Union Army during the Civil War, earning a Medal of Honor for heroism, and live until he was 89.

There are many other local Civil War heroes who are not mentioned in this article. What exactly makes a hero? Just doing your duty to the best of your ability seems to be a good answer.

We can recognize the events and people of the Civil War and remember them without glorifying, honoring or raising bronze statues in places of honor to the losers who precipitated that war.

Civil War heroes get long-awaited Medal of Honor recognition . By Christopher Hurd, Army News Service July 3, 2024 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two Ohio Civil War heroes were given the Presidential Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden. United States Army privates Philip Shadrach and George Wilson were both given the ...