Q. Page 6D of the Sunday June 23, 2013, StarNews had a photograph purporting to be of a Confederate artillery captain standing next to a Parrott rifle. He is wearing "shoulder boards." ...

At its birth in 1775, the U.S. Navy initially had only four officer ranks, and they did not include "admiral." After reaching a captain's rank, there was nowhere else for an officer to advance.

More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, the military is going through a reckoning of sorts, ridding itself of memorials to the Confederacy. At least one National Guard unit patch will ...

Various patches designed following the 29th Infantry Division’s original blue-and-gray insignia rest May ... Lee and Pickett, which were named for Confederate officers. The 29th logo was an ...