Washington State Veterans Cemetery honors remains of unclaimed veterans, including Civil War soldier at annual Memorial Day Service May 26, 2025 Updated Mon., May 26, 2025 at 10:06 p.m.

Last year, the cremated remains of 28 other Civil War veterans that languished in storage facilities at a funeral home in Seattle were finally laid to rest. "Shockingly costly for both sides" ...

Civil War remains found at Colonial Williamsburg, archaeologists say. Virginia archaeologists recently came across four skeletons dating back to the Battle of Williamsburg, which was fought in 1862.

Even though the Civil War has been thoroughly studied for over 160 years, new discoveries are still being made. Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home.

The cremated remains of 11 Colorado veterans were inurned at Fort Logan National Cemetery Wednesday. The remains were unclaimed when the veterans died, and had been stored on the shelf of a Broomfi… ...