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 ...
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
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Why were Soldiers Wearing American Revolutionary Uniforms in the American Civil War
In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements.
Institutional racism explored in 'Confederates,' by Dominique Morisseau
“Freedom” is a word Americans like to use to define their national identity. But what exactly is freedom and to whom is it ...
Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International ...
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Are Americans living through another Gilded Age? Historians say the answer is complicated
The government is larger today than it was back then, so there was less interest on the part of the oligarchs of the day to ...
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, echoing action from first term
In his latest batch of executive orders Thursday, President Donald Trump imposed economic and travel sanctions against ICC ...
Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company: 1st bank for freedmen in Shreveport after Civil War
A Shreveport museum is honoring the history of the city's first bank for freedmen by displaying a special exhibit during ...
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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 ...