Forgotten Civil War veteran will finally get proper tombstone, thanks to two NY middle school students
Daniel Walterhouse, forgotten until now, served his country ‘in a unique way,’ spent time in Confederate prison camp.
‘A restoration of dignity’: Cremains of Pawtucket Civil War soldier buried a century after death
The ceremonial burial marked one of the final Civil War soldier interments in the United States, offering a unique ...
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Civil War soldier to be honored with new gravemarker in Ky. cemetary
A Union soldier’s grave marker has been missing for decades, but now, thanks to a local organization, a new one has been ...
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York in American History: The visit of Nelson Appleton Miles
Notes: Nelson Appleton Miles (1839 – 1925) was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War, the American ... Former head of the Union Army, Ulysses S.
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Cruiser USS Antietam decommissioned after more than 37 years of service
The USS Antietam was recognized for its more than 37 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony in Hawaii.
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‘A Day in September’ examines the lessons from a key Civil War battle
(Library of Congress) About 57,000 books have been published on the American Civil War so what possibly could ... The 11th Connecticut lost the commanding officer, Col. Henry Kingsbury (mortally ...
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Civil War Reenactors Aren’t Just Play-Acting. They Expect a War.
How much, I wanted to know, does this hobby reflect a passion for history, and how much is it a manifestation of the militant turn of American ... an extra in a Civil War movie (which many of ...
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How a newspaper revolution sparked protesters and influencers, disinformation and the Civil War
The most politically divided time in US democracy coincided with a boom in new communications technologies, confrontational ...
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The Class Struggle in the US Since the Civil War
An innovative, wide-ranging, thought-provoking account of class struggle in the US since the Civil War, Jon Jeter’s latest ... scores of white Union soldiers turned their bayonets, knives ...
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Clark County history: Vancouver commander Gibbon chose the Union over the Confederacy
(Library of Congress) When the Civil War broke out, John Gibbon, a North Carolinian and 1847 West Point graduate, remained faithful to the Union while ... from Native American conflict to its ...