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 ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Two Civil War veterans who lived in northern Michigan were honored Tuesday afternoon more than 100 years after their deaths. Private John Fish and Private ...

In this photo from the Allen County Historical Society, county residents celebrate Decoration Day in the Public Square on May 30, 1888. By 1888, twenty years after America began observing Decoration ...

For decades, the grave of Joseph H. White sat neglected and unmarked in an abandoned Seward cemetery overgrown with trees. But this summer, the burial site of the Civil War veteran who ended up in ...

Lorain County Veterans Service Commission officials deserve credit for purchasing 39 books from the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Civil War Museum to donate them to every library, public and private high ...

New headstones honor Union Civil War veteran James Watkins and wife Letitia at their Walker County burial site.

Dozens of people who hadn't even heard of Civil War veteran John Weigel until today honoring his memory and his family. The first of its kind in Westmoreland County, *** Memorial Day ceremony for the ...

The Yankee cavalryman had no idea what lay in store when he raised his sword that Easter Sunday afternoon. How could he? All he knew was he had a job to do. So, he lifted his arm and prepared to ...

Brian Maloney remembers taking family road trips to Gettysburg and Fort Sumter and other historical sites, but never realized his distant hometown of Arlington Heights could have anything to do with ...

At 85, Fred Minus has turned his passion for history into an educational mission, performing reenactments of Union soldiers and giving lectures about the Black men, young and old, who served in the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - One man’s curiosity about his family tree left him stunned. He discovered relatives who had fought in the Civil War. In this week’s We the People, 19’s Katie Tercek share how ...