What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
5 reasons John Bell Hood was the worst Civil War general
If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...
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Why Union General Ulysses S. Grant Issued an Order to Expel Jews From Certain Confederate States During the Civil War
As Union General Ulysses S. Grant pushed southward ... Grant’s order responded to an unsettling economic reality: Despite the war raging around them, Southern planters still wanted to sell ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
The Civil War had begun ... Some did, but the vast majority crossed Union lines as soon as Northern troops entered their vicinity. A Confederate general stated in 1862 that North Carolina was ...
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Behind the Lens: A History in Pictures
One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment ... at way stations such as City Point. By war’s end, there were 204 Union general hospitals with 136,894 beds.
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
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Southwest Washington’s Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War commemorate new officers
Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War gathered at the Clark County Historical Museum recently to commemorate the installment of new officers for the General John W. Sprague C ...