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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WCSC) - The Confederate Battle flag was removed from the South Carolina State House grounds in 2015, weeks after a shooting at a Charleston church shocked the nation. The flag came down ...

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 ...

Images of some of the 19th Century flags in the Kansas Historical Society's collection that have degraded over time. Tom Schmidt is one of the people spearheading a program that would help raise funds ...

The home to Pennsylvania’s collection of Civil War battle flags will unveil a new addition during an open house on Oct. 4. An interactive exhibit at the Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flag Education ...

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 ...