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This marks the 160th anniversary of Union soldiers marching to destroy Raleigh as punishment for Lincoln’s assassination, ...
Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...
The Sherman family home at 912 North Garrison Avenue, where they lived off and on until 1886, when William and Ellen Sherman moved to New York. It later became the Sherman Apartments and was ...
Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...
It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant. On April 14, ...
It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended ... 90,000 troops surrendered to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, the largest surrender of the war. The religious faith of these men ...
A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top ...
William Tecumseh ... County to fight alongside Sherman before finally ending life at Dix Hospital — as a patient. Eli Hill escaped slavery to fight in the Civil War with the Union army.
William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common ... helped batter the Confederates into submission during the Civil War. In fact, Sherman spent much of his life providing evidence to support his ...
The flag didn’t resurface until the owner brought ... which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding. The auction house ...
In late 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman launched a 285-mile campaign ... and it played a key role in hastening the end of the Civil War. Still, the operation remains one of the most ...