'His Best Day During the Civil War': How Abner Doubleday Helped the Union Win at Gettysburg Doubleday's name resonates today widely as the supposed inventor of baseball. While that contention has been largely debunked...
Rebels at Vicksburg Vowed Revenge Against the Yankee Who Killed Their Camel In the late 1850s, the U.S. Army experimented with using camels as pack animals in the American Southwest.
The 101st Airborne's 'Screaming Eagle' Has a Name and a Civil War History The 101st Airborne Division has probably one of the most recognizable insignias in the U.S. military.
6 Things You May Not Know About the End of the Civil War To celebrate the end of a conflict that killed more than 600,000 troops, let's remember just how the war finally ended.
How Disobeyed Orders Led to the Largest Confederate Surrender of the Civil War The Confederate army under Joseph E. Johnston was the largest army to surrender to the Union during the Civil War.
Famous Veterans: George Westinghouse Famed inventor and businessman George Westinghouse served in both the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War.
How Civil War Moms Inspired the Creation of Mother's Day Ann Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe, sick of sons and fathers dying, wanted to remind people of the true cost of war.
How a Civil War Veteran Became One of the Greatest Criminals of All Time Sure, there's nothing technically "great" about living a life of crime, but if that life became the inspiration for one of...
Here's When Army Bases Honoring the Confederacy Will Shed Their Old Names The congressionally mandated Naming Commission, a committee formed to examine all Confederate references across the military...
This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following Renaming Commission Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...
Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college...
Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime after a tattoo shop in Annapolis reported its LGBTQ Pride flag had...
Who Is Doug Collins? A Look at Trump's Pick to Head the VA The former Georgia congressman is a Southern Baptist minister and Air Force colonel.