5 Medical Innovations from the Civil War
Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.
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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 ...
This Fort Worth native joined about 90 African Americans who fought in Spain’s civil war
Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...
From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
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Borno man who fought in America’s Civil War in the 1860s
Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...
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U.S. Senator Reintroduces Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans Who Fought to Preserve the Union in the Civil War
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The Locale That Inspired Designer Claire McCardell And Other Artists
But Claire McCardell was a pioneering outlier. From the 1930s to the 1950s this designer found freedom creating affordable, ...
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Southwest Washington’s Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War commemorate new officers
Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War gathered at the Clark County Historical Museum recently to commemorate the installment of new officers for the General John W. Sprague C ...
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‘Indecent’ proposal: An NC school club’s plan to test their LGBTQ+ trivia skills is game over — for now
The ban came from no less than the superintendent. Now, the ACLU is involved and Cleveland County finds itself in a fight ...
Black History Month: The Emancipation Oak is symbolic of African American Freedom
One of the 10 greatest trees in the world is still holding strong — and with a remarkable tale of strength to pair with it.
Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally
A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the ...