For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable firearms: the 1860 Army revolver.

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 ...

From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

Window covering at Arlington Historical Museum honors Sgt. Nimrod Burke of the 23rd US Colored Infantry (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey) New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for ...

The modern-day Monuments Men will be based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The U.S. Army Reserve and the Smithsonian are partnering to establish a modern-day "Monuments Men" program, reviving a ...