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Harry Bulkeley: Civil War battlefields terrible feeders for cemeteries
The Register-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was just a cornfield. It didn’t look any different than a thousand cornfields we’ve seen in...
Meet Clara Barton, the Founder of the American Red Cross
Biography via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGettyImages-639350880Getty Images 1821-1912 Who Was Clara Barton? Clara Barton was an independent...
Civil War unit, often called Schuylkill Regiment, focus of presentation in Orwigsburg
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoORWIGSBURG — Civil War historian Ben Varner discussed the explosive history of the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment recently at the Orwigsburg Historical Society. Explosive, indeed. Members of the ...
How visiting the scene of our country's most divisive time gave me hope for today's crisis
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 10 months agoConsidering the nation’s increasing political divisiveness, I decided it was a good summer to expose my children to a time in history when our country was more divided than it is today. So our ...
These Southern National Guard Units to Toss Confederate Battle Streamers
Military.com via Yahoo News· 1 year agoContemporary National Guard units that were a part of the Confederacy and waged war against the...
'They saved the Union line that day': Local connections to Battle of Gettysburg run deep
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 2—At least two men died in battle. One man was fighting against his brother on the opposing side. Another man survived the battle and the war only to have his name apparently misspelled ...