The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

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.

Civil War era flags representing the 90,000 Michiganders who fought in the war were returned ... He had the opportunity to view the actual flag, which is preserved at the American Civil War Museum ...

He is also co-chair of Save The Flags, an effort to conserve 240 battle flags carried by Michigan soldiers in the Civil War, the Spanish American War and World War I.