Young Rohingya men are being forcibly conscripted by both Myanmar’s military and rebel groups, as the ongoing civil war ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18 ... Many young soldiers enlisted as musicians -- drummers, fifers, or buglers. In theory, musicians didn't fight. But once a battle ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

many young white men in the Civil War South equated military service with adult masculinity. Indeed, the Confederate draft literally defined manhood by limiting enlistment to males at least ...

Civil war veteran Col Nasiru Salami (retd ... Salami recounted his military journey, starting from his enlistment into the Nigerian Army in October 1967. Just six weeks after his training ...

Dockum, a distinguished Civil War veteran, and Medal of Honor recipient. Dockum was born in New York, where he enlisted in the 16th New York Volunteers Infantry Regiment. He fought in numerous ...

Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...

LACKAWANNA, N.Y. — It's a side of a man, being considered for sainthood, that you may have never known. Father Nelson Baker, long before he built Our Lady of Victory Basilica, he carried a rifle, in ...

On Jan. 21, the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, Henry Casey Camp 92 Commander Kelly Hopkins donated on behalf of ...