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Yorktown man tapped to lead Civil War nonprofit that promotes history
In his new role, Chris Brown hopes that the breadth of Civil War Trail’s interpretation will grow and develop over time.
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The First Shots of America’s Civil War Were Fired at This Charleston Harbor Fort in 1861
President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...
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Ken Burns Reveals Why He Chose to Tell the Story of 'The American Revolution'
Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because ...
Local student musicians perform on the Yorktown's flight deck to honor fallen service members
Local student musicians perform Taps on the USS Yorktown deck at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant to honor fallen service ...
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THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN.
The most exciting and important action of the war, thus far, the siege of Yorktown, is veiled in great part from the people's eyes by the mandates of the military authorities, and we only get the ...
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Community of free African American families honored with historic marker in Yorktown
YORKTOWN, Va. — As a young child ... These family origins can be traced back to the banks of the York River before the Civil War. “We were actually talking about an entire community of ...
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The Most Civil War Battles Were Fought in These States
> Longest conflict of the Civil War in Virginia: Siege of Yorktown (April 5, 1862 – May 4, 1862) > First conflict of the Civil War in Virginia: Naval battle at Sewell’s Point (May 18, 1861 ...
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Causes of the Civil War
More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...