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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 ...
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The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom
One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...
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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Harriet Tubman led Civil War military raids as well as her better-known slave rescues
While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...