Grimes Davis rode through the dark like a man convinced Providence had tapped him on the shoulder, turning a doomed garrison’s last breath into one of the boldest jailbreaks the war ever saw.

The Third Arkansas Cavalry was organized in October 1863 at Little Rock, becoming one of four Union cavalry regiments raised in Arkansas during the Civil War. Led by Col. Abraham Ryan, the Third ...

Most Confederates were ultimately pardoned for the crime of treason against the United States. Decades later, the Army began honoring them in southern states. By Chris Cameron WASHINGTON — Nine ...

Exactly 149 years ago Thursday, on June 28, 1863, a Confederate cavalry force of more than 8,000 soldiers led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart rumbled into Rockville, firing a volley of pistol shots into the air ...

APPOMATTOX, Va . (WSFA) - April 9 marks the 159th Anniversary of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General ...

Marker about enslaved people has backing of county mayor Enslaved faced forced labor from both sides of Civil War Efforts to honor Black soldiers who served in Union History of enslaved should be told ...

ATLANTA — A federal judge on Monday dismissed an Army Ranger foundation’s lawsuit seeking the reinstatement of a prominent Confederate officer’s name to the Ranger memorial at Fort Moore. U.S.

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — The Army is offering a cash reward for help finding anyone involved in stealing the American and German flags from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment’s headquarters and raising a ...