Historians at Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo, Colorado have identified the unmarked grave of Hardy Faulkner, a Buffalo Soldier and member of the 9th U.S. Cavalry, in an effort to honor African American ...
Portrait of Italian-American Medal of Honor recipient Luigi Palma di Cesnola, by Jacob D. Blondel. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James Bradley Cook, 1967) On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi ...
FLINT, MI – When Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor in mid-April 1861, it marked the beginning of the war between the states. President Abraham Lincoln ...
DALLAS — A Back Mountain soldier killed during the Civil War finally has a memorial marker recognizing his death after more than 160 years. Descendants of Cpl. Nathan Allen will gather at 1 p.m.
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The city of Troy unveiled a new Ohio History Connection marker to honor some of Ohio’s Black Civil War soldiers. The ceremony was held on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m. at Soldier ...
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about Pvt. Lyons Wakeman. The service record in the National Archives is similar to countless other Civil War soldiers. Coloring: Fair complected with brown ...
Dan Mason in 1864 Credit: Courtesy of Glover Historical Society On a 2007 outing to the Northeast Kingdom, Tyler Alexander stopped by the Westlook Cemetery in Glover to visit his grandfather’s grave.