O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Dressed as men, women took on a wide range of military roles in the Civil War. Sarah Edmonds participated in the Peninsula Campaign as a soldier, spy, and courier—and even ended up working as a ...

Hamilton County had 2,400 men enlisted in the Federal Army during the American Civil War, with 13 surgeons from the county appointed to tend to the wounded, who suffered from battlefield wounds and ...

After the Civil War, there was a burial commission that the Union Army set up and they would go to battlefields. Well, they didn't take the time to find these men. Was it 'cause these guys were Black?

President Joseph R. Biden posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Union Army Soldiers Private Philip G. Shadrach and ...

Men in service took pride ... Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other flags directly represented the two warring factions. This section displays objects that were used as ...

However he could not avoid a civil war. The Russian ... and control over the Red Army. Officers found guilty of cowardice or treachery were executed. However, men who showed initiative and courage ...

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Some 80 men of Company E of the 5th US Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle from Camp Nelson, near Nicholasville, to Louisville to supply food for those ...

These warriors came to embody Black Civil War service, if not African American patriotism ... The soldiers’ tribulations show ...

Hamilton County has a rich history when it comes to the American Civil War.