There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: The Union defeated the Confederacy. The nation ...

What exactly is a war flag and why is it important the military have one? In straightforward terms, it's a modified version of a nation's flag, donned by its military during campaigns. These days, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month. Carried by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2017, battle flags taken into combat by Rhode Island soldiers from the American Revolution up through World War I were removed ...

IONIA, Mich. — The veteran protectors of a Civil War battle flag, like the Union soldiers who carried it into combat, won't let it fall away, sending it off to be restored after a months-long ...

When the USS New Jersey left the pier for the first time in two decades at the end of March, it did so in style -- with the warship's unusual yellow battle flag flying in the wind. Decommissioned in ...

Civil War enthusiasts have a new attraction to take in when visiting Pennsylvania’s capital. The completed Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flag Education Center features not only one of the nation’s ...

ATLANTA - James Blitch, a 22-year-old Atlanta man, is accused of driving more than three hours to Spartanburg County, South Carolina, just to lower the Confederate flag that flies over Interstate 85 ...