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The Whiplash of War: Syracuse from Appomattox to Ford’s Theater
Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...
The Post-Journal21h
160th Anniversary Of Civil War’s End Celebrated Wednesday
April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...
The Daily Item1d
Celebrations muted in the Valley when the Civil War ended
Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: ...
WCBD News 2 on MSN1d
Fort Sumter surrender flag to be auctioned in South Carolina’s Upstate
The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American ...
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Fort Sumter surrender flag to be auctioned in Upstate
The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American Civil War will be sold this month at an auction house in Greenville.
A lost arm and a preserved hat: Wisconsin stories from Gettysburg
A trip to Gettysburg offers a glimpse into the sacrifices and valor of those who mustered in at Camp Randall and served in ...
CounterPunch6dOpinion
Erasure, Historical Cleansing, and the Disappeared
The Trump administration’s erasures are a deliberate whitewash of inconvenient American historical truths to create its ...