It took 150 years for this veteran to finally get the respect he deserves. Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his ...
Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services Oct. 16 for the burial of Union soldier Byron R. Johnson. Johnson was among nearly 30 Civil War veterans whose remains languished in storage ...
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The Jewish women who kept Confederate graves from disappearing
In June 1866, just over a year after the Civil War ended, young Jewish men in Richmond, Virginia, removed their coats and set ...
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Mass graves of Black Union soldiers slaughtered by Confederate guerrillas possibly identified in Kentucky
Archaeologists believe they have found two mass graves of Black Union soldiers in Kentucky thanks to remote sensing techniques and the dogged work of a local historian, allowing them to tell the story ...
Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull. The team carefully ...
This is RAREST union civil war shell caught on camera worth $1,500.00! Find of a lifetime! While Metal Detecting April 2020. Relic hunters unearth this super rare Federal Sawyer shell that has never ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It’s a story that’s modern chapter is 18 years in the making, but the entire tale dates back to 1865. Twenty-two Black soldiers were attacked and killed by Confederate ...
A recently retired physician has solved a century-and-a-half-old mystery in Gettysburg National Cemetery, identifying the ...
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