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A cornfield in Kentucky yielded 700 Civil War-era gold coins, one of the largest hoards from the 1860s ever found in America.
A Kentucky farmer stumbled on one of the biggest troves of Civil War gold coins ever found, fuelling the dreams of treasure ...
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What Caused the American Civil War?
What led the United States into civil war in 1861? In this premiere episode of Kings and Generals’ American Civil War series, ...
Cost of war: U.S. death tolls in major conflicts since the American Revolution
From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.
What is Memorial Day and how has it evolved from its Civil War origins?
Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial ...
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Book Review: 'April 1861' captures drama that occurred before Civil War's first shots
In “1861: The Lost Peace,” Winik covers the lead-up to the first shots being fired at Fort Sumter. The political intrigue leading up to 1861 rivals the battlefield action readers come to expect from ...
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Volunteers restore gravesites of America's heroes in Glen Mills
The final resting places of America's heroes should never be forgotten. But that's exactly what happened to one cemetery in ...