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The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...
The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, ...
AIKEN — Around 160 years after a Confederate soldier from Tennessee was killed during the Battle of Aiken, he is no longer unknown thanks to a Veterans Administration historical grave marker ...
Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend. Late Saturday morning, Union and Confederate soldiers ...
Mrs. Gilbert’s 44-caliber pistol slug. (Frank Batavick photo) Over the years, Mrs. Gilbert’s account was challenged by some reputed Civil War experts who saw it as a ploy to gain local notoriety.
Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact ...
An American Civil War monument on the Jessamine County Courthouse lawn in Kentucky honors those who fought in the Confederacy. But the statue wears a Union soldier’s hat.
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them ...
A lawsuit filed by an Army Ranger foundation seeking the reinstatement of a Confederate officer’s name to the Ranger memorial at Fort Moore, Ga., was dismissed Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (National ...
I have come to Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historic State Park, roughly 60 miles west of Richmond, to learn why so many people spend their weekends in Confederate uniforms reenacting the Civil War.
Louisiana had the highest number of Black troops in the war, with approximately 24,000 Black men fighting, said U.S.C.T. historian Jerilyn James Lee.