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1865—Black regiments led an as­sault on and eventually captured a key Southern fort helping bring the Civil War to an end.
Isaiah Thomas, a revolutionary patriot and printer of the radical Boston newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, snuck his printing ...
A ‘NOVA’ presentation offers an entertaining, informative look at the potent firepower of antique armaments.
A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...