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The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment in American history, but it's more misunderstood than you would think. We're breaking down some myths about Lincoln, women soldiers, racist ...
Get a quick and clear explanation of the American Civil War in just one minute! Learn about the key events, causes, and ...
Stanley B. Burns, MD, the Mercy Street on-set Medical, Historical and Technical Advisor, shares photos from The Burns Archive and an essay about surgery during the Civil War.
Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of ...
The Syrian Civil War would be frozen in place for the next four years. In this Feb. 26, 2016 file photo, a Syrian boy rides a bicycle through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria. (AP ...
On the 250th anniversary of Bunker Hill, it’s worth revisiting the horrors and anxieties of the conflict that birthed America ...
Many visitors are veterans with civil war injuries, and the paraffin wax treatment is among their favorites. Aktan Hudusov, 64, went at his wife’s urging, to ease joints damaged by freezing ...
A Civil War soldier who died over 100 years ago has finally received proper recognition, ... who died in 1910 while seeking a pension for his injuries, was buried.
At 29, the Scranton-born soldier succumbed to injuries received in battle. Creeping up on nearly two centuries later, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Association of Scranton and Civil War ...
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...
A military expert has warned that British cities could fall into a state of 'civil war' within five years because a breakdown in law and order. Writing in in the latest issue of Military Strategy ...