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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
In the late summer of 1865, a few months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces at Appomattox Court House, Representative Thaddeus Stevens received a surprising but surely ...
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 ...
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Pete Hegseth Hints At Restoring Original Confederate Names Of U.S. Military Bases
In his first remarks as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth referred to two U.S. military bases by their ...
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Trump targets diversity in the military, orders 'Iron Dome' short-range missile defense
On Pete Hegseth's first day as defense secretary, US President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders Monday aimed ...