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Fort A.P. Hill was once named after a Confederate general. Now it’s named after three Union soldiers whose surnames are ...
The Catherine Furnace is all that’s left of a large operation the Confederacy used to melt iron and make cannonballs.
Celebrations are set across Northern Virginia for the nation’s youngest holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
More than just a retelling of battles and dates, "Voices of the Civil War" plunges you into the human experiences and wrenching emotions of a nation at war with itself. Feel the agonizing weight of ...
The morning quiet is disrupted by the whine of the saw and the din of bulldozers as yet another large swath of older woodland ...
Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial ... undated note to Union troops across the line in Fredericksburg, Virginia: “I send you some tobacco and expect some coffee ...
In Khartoum alone, 80 to 90 percent of emergency food kitchens were shuttered. The civil war has particularly hurt Christians. This year, Open Doors ranked Sudan as the fifth most difficult ...
When the civil war began in Sudan, Shiraz Youssef couldn’t hear the explosions, the gunfire or the screams. The 22-year-old from Khartoum lost her hearing when she was very young. But the ...
Ron Kirkwood was recently named the recipient of the Distinguished Book Award from the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable for his book, “Tell Mother Not to Worry: Soldier Stories from Gettysburg ...
The Montana VA Heath Care System renamed the clinic to the Charlie Dowd Veteran Affairs Clinic, honoring Dowd, a World War II veteran who was awarded seven bronze stars throughout his military career, ...