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The Buffalo Soldier Regiments of New Orleans
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — From Crispus Attucks and onward, Black Americans’ involvement with war efforts has a long history. The French and Spanish both used...
Lively book tells fascinating tales of Civil War spycraft | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYou might think that nothing new could be said about the American Civil War. This turns out to be...
Centuries-old town of Chatham gets new monument commemorating the Revolutionary War
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA newly installed granite boulder near the Godfrey Windmill at Chase Park will soon bear a bronze...
Bridges Texas History column: Lubbock brothers played key parts in Civil War, politics
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo orphaned brothers headed west in search of adventure and a new life. The story is common in the...
On This Day, Oct. 3: Battle of Mogadishu begins
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA U.S. Marine UH-1N "Huey" helicopter flies over a Mogadishu residential area on a patrol mission to look for signs of hostilities on December 1, 1992....
This Navy place of honor now bears Farragut's name after the Confederate one was stripped
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCivil War hero and celebrated Knoxville native Admiral David Farragut has been bestowed with a new...
A Grammy-nominated New Orleans Trumpet Player Talks Mardi Gras, and What Music Means to the Crescent...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTrumpet player Branden Lewis tells Travel + Leisure what Mardi Gras is really about. Giles Clement...
Out of Our Past: Wayne County regiment fought in 17 Civil War engagements
Pal Item | Palladium-Item via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe third week of September 1861, a Wayne County regiment organized at Richmond for the Civil War. This was the 36th Indiana Infantry. It was mustered on Sept. 16, 1861. This regiment of mostly ...
E.D. White was a Confederate soldier and white supremacist. Is a change of heart enough?
The Courier via Yahoo News· 10 months agoE.D. White High’s website says the Thibodaux school’s roots “extend deep into the soil of Bayou...
The Least Irredeemable Confederate General Is Finally Getting His Day in the Sun
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt’s hard to see Elizabeth Varon’s new biography of James Longstreet becoming a runaway bestseller,...