In this photo provided by The Valley Breeze, Civil War re-enactors fold an American flag near an urn, center, containing the cremated remains of Byron R. Johnson, a Union soldier who was born in ...

Civil War remains found at Colonial Williamsburg, archaeologists say. Virginia archaeologists recently came across four skeletons dating back to the Battle of Williamsburg, which was fought in 1862.

Rather than dating back to colonial America, the four skeletons are from Civil War times. The soldiers died during the Battle of Williamsburg while fighting for the Confederacy in 1862, ...

American Civil War soldier Daniel Walterhouse was wounded in 1862 when he was stabbed with a sword in a battle. He then spent the last decade of his life penniless and living in a home for the ...

At the end of 1863, after serving begrudgingly with the 7th Minnesota Infantry during the U.S.-Dakota Conflict, Buswell volunteered as an officer to lead the 68th U.S. Colored Infantry, serving in ...

Maloney sent a copy of his compelling 51-page manuscript, “The Fallen Heroes of Arlington Heights in the Civil War,” to Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights Chairman Greg Padovani ...

Legacy of Black Civil War soldiers honored at Camp William Penn Museum 03:17. As the nation prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, the legacy of thousands of Black Civil War soldiers who once trained ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for ...

Black Civil War soldiers to receive veteran headstones. A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones.