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US Army Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' journey from enslaver to Union officer to civil rights defender
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who fought for the Union army during the Civil War, stands in uniform...
Exclusive-Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Three years before retiring from the U.S. Army in 2017, Donald Trump-backed...
A Civil War veteran went on record saying he was ready to fight Hitler
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agocivil war veteran wanted to fight hitler In 1941, a Philadelphia newspaper visited the 75th...
Civil War reenactors bring history to life at Bester Elementary
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne student marveled at the size of the jawbreaker, a mainstay of candy stores and Civil War...
Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg battlefield
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi...
Group creates memorials for WA Civil War veterans, including heroes buried in Pierce County
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt began with a busted headstone. Now, a hero, founding father, a nurse and a governor from another...
‘The Unvanquished’ Review: From the Shadows of the Civil War
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF The Civil War lingers through sweeping, cinematic episodes—Gettysburg and Vicksburg,...
After the Civil War, veteran groups from the North and South coexisted in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Civil War was different from all other U.S. wars in that when Johnny came marching – or in many...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSome 500 pieces of American history unseen even by scholars are coming to light through an auction...
South Carolina's execution by firing squad: The last reenactment of the Civil War?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn illustration of a deserter being executed by a firing squad at the Federal Camp in Alexandria...