ARLINGTON, Va. -- When Paul Davis heard earlier this year that the complete remains of two Civil War soldiers had been uncovered recently at Manassas National Battlefield, mixed among severed limbs in ...
The 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as the Old Guard, Caisson Platoon carry the remains of two unknown Civil War Union soldiers to their grave at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on ...
DES MOINES --- One hundred and fifty years ago today, scores of Iowans serving in the Union Army were dug in, laying siege to the Mississippi town of Vicksburg. Two assaults, one on May 19, 1863, and ...
"This mysterious providence" : Americans' initial responses to Civil War death -- "A heroic, eminent death" : the national dimensions of Lincoln's assassination ...
The Civil War meant different things to different people: Southerners fought a War of Northern Aggression, Northerners fought to save the Union. African-Americans fought for their freedom.
Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of two Civil War soldiers: one who fought for the Union and its desire to ...
More than 160 years after the defeat of Confederate forces at Gettysburg, the Civil War continues to have an enduring hold on the American political consciousness – shaping the way we view the past ...
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