Beneath the grass at St. Ann's Cemetery in Sayville, the graves of several soldiers have long sat unmarked. Over a period of months, local volunteer Wayne Haddock cross-referenced military service ...
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 ...
Two veterans of the American Civil War have been honoured with new gravestones at their cemetery in Derby. Both Samuel Hough, who served with the 2nd New Jersey Cavalry, and Henry McGuiness, of the ...
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 ...
After more than a century, 36 Civil War veterans in Rockford will finally receive gravestones. A mass installation event is scheduled for Aug. 1 at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, where volunteers and partner ...
LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) - - Lawmakers in Lansing are working to honor a group of Native American veterans who served in the Civil War. Rep. John Roth, R-104th District, emphasized the ...
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Iowa is a long way from the major battlefields of the Civil War. But, more than 76,000 Iowans served in the Union army. That was a substantial portion of the state’s population ...
On a Veterans Day ceremony held 160 years after they served their country, four Civil War soldiers were finally honored Tuesday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wyandanch. It was believed to be the first ...