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 ...
The remains of 28 Civil War soldiers were found in a funeral home's storage. They've now been laid to rest.
The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...
Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home’s storage are laid to rest
The remains of several more Civil War veterans were sent to Maine ... the constituent liaison in the Pawtucket mayor’s office ...
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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.
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
28 Civil War veterans’ remains, found in storage in Seattle, are laid to rest
For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities ...