CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia would not be the state it is today without the sacrifice made by thousands of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War. However, many of those who fought ...

Conceived in 1860 and first awarded in 1863, the Medal of Honor has been awarded only 3,459 times to 3,440 recipients, almost half of them Civil War soldiers. (There have been 19 double recipients.) ...

At the time, it was the only U.S. military decoration. As a result, a total of 1,527 medals were issued during the American Civil War. The very first recipient of the Medal of Honor was Private ...

President Joe Biden will honor extraordinary acts of bravery on Friday in one of his final opportunities to formally ...

died in 1996 he left behind an impressive collection of war medals. His only son who had inherited them allowed his stepmother to keep them at her home for safekeeping. When she died three years ...

SAN ANTONIO – Veteran and civil rights activists held a press conference on Monday urging President Biden to give Pvt. Marcelino Serna a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in World War I.

Their actions, like the other recipients of the medal, were far and above the call of duty. During the Civil War, the job of color bearer was one of the most hazardous as well as important duties ...