The Bizarre Uniforms of Company A Posted: May 20, 2025 | Last updated: May 20, 2025 Amidst the chaos of 1860s warfare, one Confederate unit marched into battle dressed like Revolutionary War ghosts.

Zdeb came back to West Point to teach military history in 2020 and quickly volunteered to help with the history department’s uniform team. “It’s so humbling to be honest,” he said.

WEST HARTFORD, CT — A West ... While the Civil War (1861-1865) ... Photographers back then spent a lot of work taking pictures of soldiers proudly in uniform before they faced the war.

For West Point's 2024 Army-Navy game uniform, designers placed the word “Bastogne” under the right shoulder pad, with the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagle” and the “Airborne ...

U.S. Military Academy at West Point ... the storied academy will take down a portrait of Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform ... It will also remove the stone bust of the Civil War's top ...

West Point cadets on a tour of Beaufort on March 7, 2023, learned about the Civil War and Reconstruction. Gavin McIntyre/Staff By Gavin McIntyre [email protected] ...

West Point has begun removing Confederate monuments at the campus -- including a portrait of Robert E. Lee, who once served as the storied military academy's superintendent, officials said.

Lee Barracks, named for Civil War General Robert E. Lee, is shown at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, on July 13, 2020, in West Point, New York. Mark Lennihan / AP ...

West Point was not the only installation under scrutiny by the congressional commission. It also recommended that eight other installations address symbols of the racist past.

The United States Military Academy at West Point will start removing Confederate symbols from its campus, including taking down a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform ...

A commission created by Congress recommended that multiple historical reminders tied to Confederate officers during the Civil War be removed from the campus of the U.S. Military Academy West Point ...