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  • ASSOCIATED PRESS Soldiers from the Army's Old Guard take photos of headstones in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery. Their project is to photograph and catalog the more than 219,00 grave markers and 43,000 nameplates in the columbarium.

    By night, soldiers photograph graves

    By Associated Press

    Night after night this summer, members of the Army’s historic Old Guard have slipped into Arlington National Cemetery in T-shirts and flip-flops to photograph each and every grave. Published August 28, 2011 Comments

  • Civil War re-enactors fire a 21-gun salute on Tuesday at Fort Johnson, near Fort Sumter, to commemorate the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago in Charleston, S.C. (Associated Press)

    Civil War’s 150th anniversary marked

    By Associated Press

    Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of America’s bloodiest war on Tuesday, a commemoration that continues to underscore a racial divide that had plagued the nation since before the Civil War. Published April 12, 2011 Comments

  • People take photographs of the new "History of Emancipation: Special Field Orders No. 15" historical marker on Friday in Savannah, Ga. (Associated Press)

    Georgia marker tells Civil War tale of ‘40 acres’

    By Associated Press

    To coincide with the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War, the Georgia Historical Society unveiled a historical marker Friday summing up the history of “40 acres” outside the cotton merchant’s mansion that served as Gen. William T. Sherman’s headquarters toward the end of the war. Published March 6, 2011 Comments

  • Jesse Lebovics, longtime caretaker of the 1892 USS Olympia, the oldest steel warship still afloat, illuminates a coal bunker to show multiple repairs at and below the waterline. The museum ship, in the Delaware River, needs $1 million to survive. (Associated Press)

    1892 warship Olympia battles for survival

    By JoAnn Loviglio - Associated Press

    The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero’s welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle. Published September 6, 2010 Comments

  • The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley rests in a conservation tank in North Charleston, S.C. Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the raising of the sub, the first in history to sink an enemy warship. (Associated Press)

    Questions still haunt sinking of Confederate sub

    By Associated Press

    A decade after the raising of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley off the South Carolina coast, the cause of the sinking of the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship remains a mystery. But scientists are edging closer. Published August 8, 2010 Comments

Recent Articles

  • Senators look to repatriate 1804 commandos of Tripoli

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    For years, the Navy has been reluctant to reclaim the remains of its first 13 commandos, who perished in a failed raid on Tripoli Harbor in Libya in 1804 — but pressure has been growing in Congress to force them to do just that. Published November 27, 2011 Comments

  • 'Gettysburg' doesn't 'romanticize' Civil War horrors

    By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press

    Within the first five minutes of the History channel documentary "Gettysburg," a Union soldier splits open the skull of a Confederate with his rifle stock. Blood erupts from the battle wounds, splattering the camera's lens. Published May 29, 2011 Comments

  • Korean War POW finally buried after 60 years

    By John O'Connor - Associated Press

    For 60 years, Artie Hodapp's family agonized over a heart-rending mystery: Where had the young man, known for his rollicking sense of humor, come to rest after dying in the Korean War? Published May 27, 2011 Comments

  • Wal-Mart concedes Virginia battle

    By Associated Press

    With the blessing of Civil War preservationists, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it has selected a new site for a store about three miles from a previously proposed location near where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first met in battle. Published May 23, 2011 Comments

  • Civil War sentiment raises value of relics

    By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

    One hundred fifty years after the first shells fell on Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., Civil War memorabilia remains a lucrative business. Published April 10, 2011 Comments

  • Last WWI doughboy dies at 110

    By Vicki Smith - Associated Press

    Frank Buckles enlisted for World War I at 16 after lying about his age. He made it home again and ultimately became that war's last surviving U.S. veteran, campaigning for greater recognition for his comrades in arms before dying at 110. Published February 28, 2011 Comments

  • Confederate car tag proposal revs up a row

    By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

    A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Published February 10, 2011 Comments

  • Unmarked military graves found

    By Associated Press

    Authorities said Thursday they fear dozens of veterans could lie in unmarked graves at a Mississippi military cemetery after they found two unidentified coffins and used radar to detect other possible plots. Published January 27, 2011 Comments

  • Wal-Mart drops store plan near Va. Civil War site

    By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press

    Under withering opposition from hundreds of historians, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. abruptly abandoned plans Wednesday to build a Supercenter near a hallowed Civil War site where Robert E. Lee first met Ulysses S. Grant on the field of battle in 1864. Published January 26, 2011 Comments

  • Custer's flag sells for $2.2 million

    By Associated Press

    The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana sold at auction Friday for $2.2 million. Published December 12, 2010 Comments

  • Navy ship named for WWII commander christened

    By David Sharp - Associated Press

    A U.S. Navy destroyer bearing the name of a commander who won a pivotal battle in the Pacific during World War II was christened with a bottle of champagne Saturday by his granddaughter, who said the naval officer would have blushed at all the attention. Published June 6, 2010 Comments

  • Women of war fight to keep stories alive

    By

    Garage sales and quilt raffles helped a determined group of female World War II veterans raise money to transform a run-down wall at Arlington National Cemetery into a grand stone memorial to women who served their country. But those women are dying off, even as the memorial runs short of funds. Published May 12, 2010 Comments

  • N.C. town's ties to Vietnam still strained

    By

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. | The mayor of one of America's most renowned Army cities wants to establish cultural ties to a rural Vietnamese town, a plan that has angered some veterans who served in Southeast Asia generations ago. Published April 23, 2010 Comments

  • Webb tries to protect Civil War battlefields

    By Joseph Weber

    Sen. Jim Webb, Virginia Democrat, outlined legislation Wednesday that would preserve 7,200 acres around the Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia. Published January 27, 2010 Comments

  • Civil War flags losing state budget battles

    By

    They made it through Shiloh, Antietam and Gettysburg, but many of the Civil War battle flags sitting in the nation's state-owned collections might not survive the budget battles being waged in some statehouses. Published January 6, 2010 Comments

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