Two Civil War soldiers who infiltrated Confederate territory to steal a train and destroy the enemy railroad system will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on Wednesday to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it ...
Thirteen Medal of Honor recipients retraced the route of the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase on Tuesday, a historic event that led to the awarding of the very first Medals of Honor in 1863.