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How well do you know the Battle of Antietam? Take our online quiz to test your knowledge of this 1862 battle!

Since its creation in 1861, the 21st Infantry Regiment – the “Gimlet” regiment – has earned 56 wartime campaign streamers – a record matched by few...

Colonel William J. Worth formed the 8th U.S. Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Fighting Eagles,” on July 5, 1838, in West Troy, New York. After...

The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment or "Old Guard" is the oldest regiment in the Regular United States Army. Today, it is best-known for its ceremonial...

There is no better way to get an accurate sense of what the Trust has accomplished in the last 30 years than by examining sites that could have been...

In the Wheatfield at Gettysburg, Omaha Beach at Normandy, Ramadi and Fallujah in Iraq and a host of deadly places in between, the 16th Infantry...

The United States is under attack. Foreboding news bombards the president. Danger stabs Washington. The army stands at full alert. The navy patrols...

This piece argues that the Battle of Antietam was not only the pivotal moment of the Maryland Campaign, but also belongs on a short list of the...

Historian John Hoptak argues that South Mountain was the pivotal moment of the 1862 Maryland Campaign.

The Battle of Monocracy or "The Battle that Saved Washington" proved particularly devastating for the heroic 14th New Jersey Infantry.

On the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid, look back to the controversy of the 100th anniversary in 1959 ? in the midst of the Civil Rights...

Although the radical abolitionist assault on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry has gone down in history as John Brown?s Raid, the 59-year...