This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six ...

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for ... In one of the bloodiest battles of the war, African American troops from the 9th Louisiana Infantry, the 1st Mississippi Infantry ...

Below: Seedenburg and O’Connor work on a restoration of a Civil ... in the American Revolutionary War, then Dave Seedenburg’s Altoona business on Sixth Avenue may be the artillery restoration ...

The public is invited to a pre-Veterans Day event at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rendville Cemetery, during which five ...