A battle fought in Carthage more than a century ago, now memorialized by a historic monument in its downtown square.

Jim Jordan is such a flag waver Rep. Jim Jordan just can’t seem to stop shaming himself, as he continues to embarrass his congressional district and the entire state of Ohio.

Davis, captured by Union forces, was imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Hood had surrendered to Union forces in Natchez, Miss. My primary celebration on Thursday, the 160th anniversary of the ...

After sitting in storage for more than 70 years Raymond Deyo decided it was time for a World War II flag to come out. He got some help from an expert to put this piece of history on display (WSFA ...

The Confederate flag is seen waving behind the monument of the victims of the Confederation Army during the American Civil War in front of the State Congress building in Columbia, South Carolina ...

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

I'll be supervising. RASCOE: The Confederate General Pickett, as in Pickett's Charge - and yes, satire is on the march. "How To Dodge A Cannonball" is, among other things, about the absurdity of the ...

The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War, when the need to keep the banner aloft in battle led the Union army to treat the deadly job of flag bearer as a ...

World War II veteran Caster “Cas” Salemi, a longtime Massachusetts resident, will turn 103 this weekend, on Flag Day. Salemi, of North Attleboro, served in the Army’s 251st Field Artillery ...

British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, believed to be the one surrendered to Americans at Yorktown in 1781, is on display at the U.S. Army museum.