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A member of the Red Cliff tribe walked from Red Cliff to St. Paul and then to Saginaw, Michigan, to join the U.S. Civil War.
Here are four Memorial Day events in Stockton and San Joaquin County honoring soldiers who died while serving the country.
Firefighters rescued two dogs from a burning home in Cherokee County. A pre-Civil War home in Cobb County which was sold for only a dollar is in the process of relocating the structure to Cherokee ...
In 1826, a young Black mariner by the name of Gilbert Horton strode ashore in Norfolk, Virginia, clad in “a tarpulin hat, linen shirt, blue cloth jacket and trowsers (sic).” Horton gave ...
Many African Americans in the decades before the Civil War were also well aware of the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia. While Native Americans were governed under treaty law throughout ...
It’s been well documented that the Civil War had a prominent role and felt a significant impact due to the conflict. The Cherokee tribe famously aligned with the Confederacy, while other ...
For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and ...
a senator from North Carolina who would soon serve as a general in the Confederacy during the Civil War. The mountain, however, has always been known as Kuwohi to the Cherokee people and is ...
The last Confederate General to surrender on June 23 was a Native American – Cherokee Chief and Brigadier ... from Jefferson Davis that the war would continue, so they kept seizing ships.
Civil War opens in theaters on April 12, 2024. This review is based on a screening at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival. We never really learn what exactly led to the titular civil war, and that's both ...
The Alex Garland film is sparking discussion about its release during a contentious election year: "The idea of civil war actually keeps me up at night." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Civil War ...
Arkansas Civil War treasury warrants, and a quintet of 1850–1860s Cherokee Nation and Indian Territory scrip notes. Archives International Auctions’ 89th auction on Nov. 21 features the ...