What was Charleston like at the end of the Civil War?
One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...
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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 ...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to ...
Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
Kankakee Valley Historical Society teaches about life during Civil War
Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...
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 ...