The tombstones are upright makers with a rounded top above a shield-like carving. ... Local group ensures Civil War Union vets’ graves honored for Memorial Day Other News. May 23, 2020 - 5:57pm.

Mike Hadl, left, and Tom Schmidt, right, both members of Lawrence's chapter of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, stand behind a new headstone dedicated to Civil War veteran Doc ...

The Union shield, a symbol dating back to the Civil War, is now on the tail side, replacing the Lincoln Memorial. Hoge says that in general, he likes coin redesigns, since they encourage ...

A couple of blocks from the Oldham County History Center is an African-American cemetery that dates back prior to the Civil War. Alex Beaumont is buried there with a Union Shield embedded in his ...

A Civil War soldier’s 157-year-old identification tag is donated to a museum in Maryland. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

Capt. John E. Perkins, the company commander, named him "Old Abe" after President Lincoln, commissioned a special "union shield" perch for the bird and assigned one of his troops to look after him.

About 1,200 Union soldiers were killed or wounded in the battle. Civil War ID badges that survive are rare, the Park Service said. There were no government-issued military “dog tags” during ...

A Union shield decorates the grave of Alex Beaumont, who is buried at the African American Cemetery in LaGrange. The letters and numbers inscribed under his name, CO E 116 USC, indicates Beaumont ...