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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 ...
you can still see three of those pre-Civil War homes. The National Parks Service’s self-guided walking tour brochure explains much of its history. An actors portraying a Union Army soldier takes ...
Near the site of Port Hudson - the longest siege in American military history—we may have uncovered the exact location of a Civil War cavalry officer’s final stand. Using metal detectors, we recover ...
Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that American troops went to sleep or shook hands. "And some just couldn't believe it." ...
As news of his sudden demise, aged 72, swept through London 's military clubland yesterday, some of his old comrades could ...
There were approximately 450 residents of Harwich who fought in the Revolutionary War, including soldiers from the North ...
This Civil War drum is among the many Civil War artifacts ... became unreliable throughout their military life. For years after the war, “the Nachusa” was the soldiers’ favorite dining place and the ...
Nairobi — Armed Forces, Militia Kill Over 130 Civilians; Reprisal Killings by Islamist Armed Group ...
On 25 April the military sealift vessel Eddystone (IMO 9234070) arrived off Cape Town, from Gibraltar. She entered Cape Town ...
"I entered the city yesterday morning (May 10, ed.) with a feeling of joy and hope in light of the election of Pope Leo XIV. I seemed to sense this feeling in the people I met, even though the reality ...
Tena Starr Okay, some trivia.  Although neither Steve nor I are big on guided tours, we took a tour of the supposedly haunted ...
Tucked in a folder inside were 43 letters from clearly smitten servicemen who'd met my mother at Red Cross dances in Rome in the final months of World War II ... And the soldiers writing her ...