It's a time to reflect on the contributions and sacrifices Native Americans have made to the United States, not just in the military, but in all walks of life. Ely S. Parker overcame adversity to ...

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For much of the early history of the United States, American Indians weren't generally well-regarded or well-treated, and Ely Parker experienced the same treatment for much of his life. But Parker had ...

Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who fought for the Union army during the Civil War, stands in uniform for a photo. Heritage Images/ Hulton Archive As Southern states tear down Confederate statues and the ...

Each of the photos in Capt. William A. Prickitt's album could fit in a locket: headshots of 17 black soldiers who served under the Union Army officer during the Civil War, most of their names ...

President Biden will on Wednesday posthumously award the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who pirated a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and then drove it 87 miles ...

One hundred fifty years ago, Private James Early White returned home to his mother after deserting the victorious Union army. Thus began a complicated, 75-year odyssey. One hundred fifty years ago, ...

A range of emotions from uncertainty to truculence plays on the faces of these Philadelphia recruits in early 1864. Their regiment, the 25th U.S. Colored Infantry, sailed soon afterward for the Gulf ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations that generate combat power.1 Institutional strategy, the mechanism by which ...

Management at three U.S. Army installations in Alaska this month agreed to unwind the unilateral imposition of Trump-era caps on official time as well as an entirely new contract for a pair of union ...

The battle was going poorly for the Union soldiers. Just a few hours after they had crossed the Potomac River into Virginia in October 1861, the Confederates pushed back, forcing them to scurry back ...