Fact Check: Inconclusive Claim Says Pic Shows 116-Year-Old Civil War Veteran on His Deathbed
In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...
Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history
Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
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Echoes of the English Civil War
The parallels between our situation and that of seventeenth-century England abound—and so do the contrasts and ironies.
Virtually forgotten, the story of a historic CT bell may once again ring out for all
The artifact also could help illuminate the broader economic ties with the U.S. military as well as lesser known stories ...
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Remains of Civil War veterans found in funeral home’s storage
Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services Oct. 16 for ... the constituent liaison in the Pawtucket mayor’s office.
Legion Post 77 in Chippewa Falls search for families of Civil War veterans with unmarked graves
It is a mission that members at the Legion Post 77 feel must be accomplished for three civil war veterans who may have been ...
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Local Civil War veterans group sends Missouri flag overseas
Contributed Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, center, holds up a Missouri flag flown over the state Capitol alongside ...
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Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home's storage are laid to rest
"It felt like we were doing right for someone who otherwise would have been lost to history." For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in ...