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A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers’ remains. It’s trying to identify them
Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
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A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them
They quickly surmised the bones were actually from the Civil War, when a makeshift hospital operated nearby and treated gravely wounded Confederate ... and a trouser buckle. One soldier had ...
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JCHS HISTORY COLUMN: Rufus Dawes and the Lemonweir Minutemen
As soon as Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 ...
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We Found a Rare Confederate Bullet at This Camp!
In Episode 5 of History Seekers, we head deep into the woods in search of Civil War artifacts—and strike historical gold. From a beautiful Confederate Selma Arsenal bullet to musket ramrods and lost ...
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SECNAV Tasked to Rename USNS Harvey Milk; Report Says Other Ship Renamings Under Consideration
For example, Hegseth renamed Fort Liberty Fort Bragg, but not for Confederate general Braxton Bragg but for World War II paratrooper PFC. Ronald Bragg, who was awarded the Silver Star in the ...
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Businessman A. Byron Smith led Roanoke’s civil rights push
Smith carried on in life demonstrating that determination to reconcile with and understand the other side, even as he fought the good fight for civil rights ... left for World War II, serving ...