WASHINGTON — Richard Hamilton, a barrel-maker in Philadelphia, heeded President Abraham Lincoln’s call to service and joined the Navy in 1864 after serving in a volunteer militia at the start of the ...

Four days after the Confederate army bombed Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C., that launched the American Civil War on April 12, 1861, 18-year-old Sylvester Dana Rhodes of Plains Township ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Two Ohio Civil War heroes were given the Presidential Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden. United States Army privates Philip Shadrach and George Wilson were both given the award ...

Army Pvt. Philip G. Shadrach and Pvt. George D. Wilson will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor for the raid sometimes dubbed 'one of the earliest special operations missions.' By Jeff Schogol ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Union soldiers who 162 years ago took part in one of America's first special operations were posthumously awarded the Medal of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginians fought during the Civil War to abolish slavery and preserve the Union. To honor them, the state legislature created special medals in 1866. Many of the ...

President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on Wednesday to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — The reopening of the Congressional Medal of Honor Museum at Patriot's Point was aspecial one to honor those who fought for the country. "It's a very special day for us," ...