Two U.S. soldiers, executed 162 years ago for their role in a daring Civil War mission to hijack a locomotive ... commandeering a train outside Atlanta and blazing an 87-mile path of destruction ...

During the American Civil War, a group of Union soldiers commandeered a train and rode it toward the ... by bluffing Southern agents at each station and refueling stop, claiming to carry relief ...

More than 160 years after they were captured and executed by Confederate rebels, two U.S. soldiers are set to be posthumously recognized for their valor during the Civil War with the Medal of Honor.

(Army) Two Civil War soldiers who infiltrated Confederate territory to steal a train and destroy the enemy railroad system were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on ...

The anniversary of the Battle of Brandy Station is June 9. On that day in 1863, during the Civil War, battle ensued for more just over half a day. Today, the American Battlefield Trust has ...

Passenger train service left Cincinnati’s Union Terminal in 1972. But the fate of the iconic building wasn’t certain for many ...

How so many Civil War veterans killed in battles came to rest in peace in Mercer Cemetery, across from the Trenton Train Station, is a fascinating, yet sad story of the times they lived in and the ...