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History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...
Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...
We are starting a new Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of the American Civil War. In this first episode, we will cover the reasons that caused the American ...
A personal attempt to find peace involves lowering expectations of others, an agenda which decreases disappointment, especially here in the City of Trenton. The new-life agenda provided ...
THE TRUTH IS, WHILE IT MAY BE OUT OF SIGHT ON MAIN STREET, WATER HAS BEEN THE DEFINING ELEMENT IN BRUNSWICK’S HISTORY ... LED ONE OF THE GREATEST UNION VICTORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War ... that one day, you will uncover the powerful history ...
An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century ... describe hair-raising episodes in American history. One was the December 1859 hanging of abolitionist John ...
was "a concentration camp … established by Union soldiers to eradicate the slaves" during the Civil War. Some sources allege that "over 20,000 freed slaves were killed in one year in this ...
Fifty years ago, Lebanon descended into one of the darkest periods in its modern history: the civil war. The brutal 15-year conflict was marked by sectarian violence and shifting front lines.