Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
History Seekers on MSN2d
Artifacts Found Metal Detecting for Confederate Soldier Civil War Camps
Artifacts found Metal detecting for confederate soldier civil war camps (private permission). After filming last week's location of the confederate soldier in Munford, AL we decided to chase Civil War ...
Military.com3d
How Women Enlisted as Men to Fight in the Civil War
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
The Washington Informer2d
Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
Enslaved people took refuge at pioneering hotel on NC Outer Banks. But perils awaited
A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...
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Artifacts Found While Metal Detecting Confederate Soldier Civil War Camps
Artifacts found Metal detecting for confederate soldier civil war camps (private permission). After filming last week's location of the confederate soldier in Munford, AL we decided to chase Civil ...
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.
CBS Philadelphia on MSN11d
Honoring Black Civil War soldiers buried in Camden's historic Butler Cemetery
Rev. Floyd White III saluting a tombstone in the historic Butler Cemetery in Camden, New Jersey / Credit: CBS Philadelphia ...