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The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...
The Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up ...
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...
For Union soldiers, a cup of coffee made hardtack biscuits more palatable. Heritage Auctions Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened ...
This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...
A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.
Among the orders issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War was one declaring that all enslaved ...
In the Civil War, Union cavalry under Judson Kilpatrick and David Gregg rode on county roads in late June 1863, a total of 6,500 troopers. Mounted Confederates under Jeb Stuart’s command totaled ...
To celebrate the Fourth of July here are 13 —signifying the original 13 states — movies that celebrate what it means to be ...