Literacy rates were high on both sides during the Civil War—about 90 percent for Union soldiers ... Gus Perry of Michigan’s 5th Cavalry (“He is as Fleshy as I ever saw him”).

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force veterans signed an open letter last week calling for an end to the war in Gaza ... retired and reservist soldiers across the military ...

After the Civil War ... (Some slaveholders accepted the Union’s offer of $300 per man to let them go.) After the war ended in 1865, eighteen black soldiers returned to Talbot County—including ...

Though the war enjoyed widespread support at the outset, doubts have grown as so many hostages continue to languish in captivity and the Israeli death toll mounts. Nearly 850 soldiers have been ...

In February 2025, A federal lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Hogan Lovells and Jenner & Block on behalf of two transgender ...

An Iron Brigade soldier’s legacy lives on in his Civil War diary, preserved and shared by his descendants ... The Iron Brigade and other Union forces fared better in the next two days, but Walker ...

Judge Blocks Montana’s Effort to Restrict Sex Marker Updates on Birth Certificates Judge Blocks Montana’s Effort to Restrict Sex Marker Updates on Birth Certificates Apr 21, 2022 Court Blocks ...