Hundreds of thousands of Americans North and South fought in the Civil War, including a Union drummer boy named Albert Woolson. He couldn’t have known it in 1864 when he enlisted at age 14, but at the ...

THAT KCCI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING NOW FOR TWO YEARS. I JUST THOUGHT, THERE’S THERE’S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEONE DIED ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, WAS STILL SITTING ON THE SHELF AND FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.

In a video clip from the 1930s, old Confederate soldiers step up to a microphone and let loose with the howling yelp that was once known as the fearsome "Rebel yell." From "The Rebel's Yell," Courtesy ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - After nearly 100 years in an unmarked grave, a Rockford veteran is honored for his role in America’s bloodiest battle. On Thursday, Samuel H. Bogenrief, a farrier with the 17th ...

An appeal has been launched to find the final resting place of a Hull man believed to be the last known American Civil War veteran in the region. The Sons of Union Veterans of the American Civil War ...

On a Veterans Day ceremony held 160 years after they served their country, four Civil War soldiers were finally honored Tuesday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wyandanch. It was believed to be the first ...

It’s never too late to show respect. That’s the philosophy of Wheatley Heights resident Ron Wells, who has organized what is believed to be the first Veterans Day ceremony to honor Civil War soldiers ...