'Lost' Union troops killed at Battle of Olustee are in S.C. cemetery, says local writer
Orange Park's Don Hillhouse, a "serious amateur" history researcher, scoured the National Archives for records of Union ...
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Union general still vilified for insulting New Orleans women, but he also defended Black rights
The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But some things just stuck deeper in the collective memory.
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André Cailloux died a hero in the Civil War
A cigar maker and a successful boxer in the 1800s, André Cailloux also was the first Black officer killed in action during ...
Harriet Tubman led Civil War military raids as well as her better-known slave rescues
While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...
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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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Union general still vilified for insulting New Orleans women, but he also defended Blacks' rights
History also has overlooked, among the things, Butler’s post-war advocacy for freedmen and Black soldiers. As a member of the ...