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Antietam: For 4.5 million Americans, our ugliest day signaled a first step to freedom
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the better part of 160 years, military historians have been poring over the movements of Union...
Shot during the Battle of Antietam, he remains RI's highest-ranking battle casualty
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOn Saturday, the Town of South Kingstown paid tribute to Civil War brigadier general and native son...
The US Navy is changing the name of a warship to honor a former slave who escaped to freedom on a...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe US Navy's USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) guided missile destroyerANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty...
With Eisenhower renaming, Army’s 100+ years honoring Confederates ends
Army Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFORT EISENHOWER, Ga. — When this installation’s former namesake invaded Maryland, the U.S. Army shot...
23,000 casualties. 160 years. Three weekends of remembrance at Antietam
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHARPSBURG — Sept. 17 marks the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, fought among the cornfields in southern Washington County as America struggled through divisions that threatened ...
Civil War Muster returns Sept. 17-18, featuring Battle of Antietam
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHOLLAND — Holland’s Van Raalte Farm will be transported back to the 1860s later this month for the...
Access improves to Williamsport-area Civil War battlefield
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Washington County Civil War clash known as the Battle of Falling Waters is often overshadowed by the Battle of Gettysburg, which happened just weeks earlier. But historians say the local battle ...
Arthur I. Cyr: Thanksgiving and Lincoln’s legacy
Sturgis Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the...
Riviera Beach has big plans for this weekend's 'Mayteenth' celebration
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRiviera Beach City Councilwoman Shirley Lanier will host a program Saturday commemorating the end of...
Gallery at Northwest commemorates Civil War's Battle of Antietam
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 18—A local collector has assembled a gallery to commemorate the anniversary of the deadliest battle in American history. Lockport resident Jim McGrath currently has a trio of paintings ...
