civil war

The New Bedford Memorial Day Parade may have been canceled, but the sacrifices made by veterans were still remembered during a brief ceremony at Clasky Common Park Monday afternoon.

In Rashad Harrison’s novel The Abduction of Smith and Smith, two men play a cat-and-mouse game after the Civil War ends.

It's been years in the making, but the mural dedicated to the famed Civil War 54th Regiment was officially unveiled Saturday afternoon.

The Confederate flag that flew outside the South Carolina state capitol is on its way to a museum after a raucous lowering ceremony.

Laird Hunt is a brilliant American literary stylist in his newest Little Brown publication of Neverhome, a powerful historical novel about a married woman who decided to disguise herself as a man and sign up to fight in the Civil War.

Thousands are in Washington, DC for the dedication of a new memorial for disabled veterans. President Obama spoke at Sunday's ceremony, acknowledging that too often America has not lived up to its obligation to care for vets. The 80-million-dollar American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial was funded by donations from more than a million people...

A century and a half after his valiant death in the Battle of Gettysburg, a Union Army officer is being awarded the nation’s highest military decoration, thanks to a decades-long campaign by his descendants and Civil War buffs. The White House announced Tuesday that President Barack Obama approved the Medal of Honor for 1st Lt...

President Obama says U.S. officials are looking at all options on Iraq, which may be headed for a bloody civil war. In comments at the White House, Obama said some short-term military options may be necessary, including U.S. airstrikes. He called the situation in Iraq an emergency and said nothing has been ruled out...

History came home Thursday during a program at the William H. Carney Memorial Acadamy in New Bedford. Congressman William Keating and the Spirit of Liberty Foundation sponsored a program where students were told about the famed 54th Infantry Regiment, Sgt...

The bond between the historic 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and New Bedford can not be separated. On Jan. 30, people from the local Artist-In-Residence program invite the community to their Meet The Artist event that will launch its premier project, a mural paying tribute to the 54th Regiment.