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How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
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Guest Op-Ed: Trenton to commemorate 160th anniversary of Civil War’s end
April 9, our great Union of states will officially be celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the official End of the Civil War with General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to ...
Celebrations muted in the Valley when the Civil War ended
Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and “The ...
Florida's Civil War history, the costs of secession, the first push for tourism
History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...
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Varnum Armory Museum celebrates anniversary of Civil War completion
The American Civil War ended with the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865. At the Varnum Armory Museum, a band playing Civil War era music played some tunes, and several ...
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'Rebel on Main' dissects the legacy of a Kentucky Confederate monument wearing a Union hat
An American Civil War monument on the Jessamine ... The statue was first erected in 1896 more than three decades after the Civil War ended. Initially, Swartz didn’t realize it was wearing ...