The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

That’s pretty ironic considering Lawton’s Hill was used as a training ground and campsite for troops headed for the Civil War. In fact, two Union Army units — the 48th and 96th regiments ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

A new exhibit transports guests back to the Civil War era, taking a look at the role of the region's railroads during and ...

Before O’Dea signed up, his regiment fought in some of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles. Among them: Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. In all during the war, 181 of the regiment’s ...

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood has introduced legislation to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Bloomington. If ...

The legacy of Black Civil War soldiers should never be forgotten. "Four regiments that were trained here at Camp William Penn were sent to Texas when the war came to an end," Paradis said.

Members of the Blue and Gray Brigade Civil War reenactment group fire a gun salute during a ceremony Monday in Irwin’s Union Cemetery. The ceremony was held at the gravesite of John E. Wiegel ...

This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the American Civil War. From General Ulysses S. Grant's relentless Overland ...

A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs approved headstones ...