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Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.
In this game, the war in Ukraine has never happened. Instead, it is set in Russia, in a dystopian world where George W. Bush, in his sixth term as president, rallies NATO to invade the country.
IRWIN, Pa. — In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County on Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the county, John E. Weigel. The ceremony at Weigel's ...
While metal detecting near the historic site of the Siege of Port Hudson, we may have uncovered the final resting place of a Civil War cavalry officer who fell in 1863. From personal artifacts to ...
Mink and his team then launched a geophysical study of the land in December 2023, using a drone-mounted magnetometer to scan underneath the ground for metallic objects like bullets or belt buckles ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day 8 minute read An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Getty Images ...
Gordy Ainsleigh was the first recipient of a belt buckle in a 100-miler after he famously completed the course of California’s 100-mile Western States Trail Ride equestrian event on foot in 1974.
A memorial was dedicated to Hazleton native and Civil War Brigadier General Ario Pardee Jr. on July 20 at the Vine Street cemetery. The dedication commemorated the 160th anniversary of the Battle o… ...
July 1-3 is the Battle of Gettysburg's 161st anniversary and July 2 is the day Col. Strong Vincent was shot and fatally wounded. Visitors to his gravestone this week are paying homage.