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The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...
As archaeologists with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation excavated a site in search of American Revolution history, the ...
It started as a mundane environmental cleanup along the Congaree River in Columbia, South Carolina, and ended as a trip back ...
Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...
Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War. The skeletons were found on the grounds of the Colonial ...