Discover the story of Aaron Jerome, Buford’s signalman, at a Civil War Roundtable event in Shippensburg on Nov. 18.
In recent times of conflict, it’s common to picture young men in their late teens going off to war. But Samuel Eddy, a Chesterfield blacksmith, was 40 years old when left to fight for the Union in the ...
Pueblo County celebrated the naming of a new road after a Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Nov. 21. Warren C. Dockum was born in Clintonville, New York. At the age of 17, Dockum enlisted ...
Before he was a South Carolina lawmaker recognized as a champion of civil rights, Robert Smalls escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship. Eventually, he would become a top ...
Some veterans get parades and parties, taps and 21 guns, but tucked into this thicket of trees is an ode to war dead most don't even know is here. Weather has washed away some of the names, but even ...
The Scranton chapter of UNICO National donated $350 to the GAR Memorial Association’s fundraiser to return the Civil War sword of a North Scranton (then the town of Providence) native and Civil War ...
This Veterans Day weekend, six heroes are being honored for their sacrifice and service to our country — not with medals or parades, but with something stitched with care and gratitude: a Quilt of ...