The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...

At 85, Fred Minus has turned his passion for history into an educational mission, performing reenactments of Union soldiers and giving lectures about the Black men, young and old, who served in the ...

A local group’s efforts to connect modern generations with the stories of their Civil War ancestors will be the focus Saturday of the Allen County Historical ...

Members of Lawrence's branch of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War clean the headstones of Union soldiers on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Pioneer Cemetery. Members of the Sons of Union ...

Jeff Himler Monday, May 26, 2025 6:07 p.m. | Monday, May 26, 2025 6:07 p.m. A Plum woman who teaches students about American history learned about her own ties to one of the most significant chapters ...

WATERLOO -- Terry Lindell, Wartburg College history professor, will be the speaker for the Thursday meeting of the Cedar Valley Civil War Roundtable. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Veterans ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - A trio of veterans with unmarked graves in Chippewa Falls will now be remembered for years to come. The search for their relatives began before Veterans Day, with the ...

Beneath the grass at St. Ann's Cemetery in Sayville, the graves of several soldiers have long sat unmarked. Over a period of months, local volunteer Wayne Haddock cross-referenced military service ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Iowa is a long way from the major battlefields of the Civil War. But, more than 76,000 Iowans served in the Union army. That was a substantial portion of the state’s population ...