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Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg battlefield
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoVICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi...
'West Wing' star Bradley Whitford discovers his personal connection to Ulysses S. Grant and the...
Yahoo TV via AOL· 2 years agoOn a new episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Sunday night, actor Bradley Whitford, who is best...
Why this caregiver was allowed to follow her husband to battle
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoJohn Wesley Powell and his wife, Emma, in Detroit in 1863. U.S. Army Major John Wesley Powell served...
'I tell you that the Iowa 33rd fought bravely'
The Oskaloosa Herald, Iowa via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 4—In the time between February and April 1863, the Iowa 33rd Infantry was part of a military campaign known as the Yazoo Pass Expedition. "General [Union Gen. Ulysses S.] Grant, finding ...
Under the baobab: American heroes, white and Black, sacrificed for the good of us all
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLater that year, heeding Douglass’ call, 19-year-old Charles Garner Sr. left his home in...
Arthur I. Cyr: Thanksgiving and Lincoln’s legacy
Sturgis Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the...
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeneral Grant stands in front of his campaign tent at his headquarters in Virginia in 1865....
Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn 1652, Rhode Island became the first American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was apparently never enforced. In 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg began during ...
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...
Today in History: July 4, Declaration of Independence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday in History Today is Monday, July 4, the 185th day of 2022. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 4, 1776, the Declaration ...
