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It was much more than your average diary. Willamette University professor William Gould, IV, spoke about the recently published diary of his great-grandfather at the Boston Museum of Afro-American ...
In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...
The diary of a Civil War-era ambulance. LYNDEL MEIKLE Open Range Jan 2, 2016 Jan 2, 2016 Updated Feb 1, 2016; 0; The Dougherty wagon. is ...
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
In the 1940s, the Mauston Star newspaper office received a Civil War diary and a Bible from the grandson of George Speed. On Nov. 25, 1861, Cpl. George Speed was ...
Civil War remains found at Colonial Williamsburg, archaeologists say. Virginia archaeologists recently came across four skeletons dating back to the Battle of Williamsburg, which was fought in 1862.
The Historical Fort Branch Society announced the move on its Facebook page on May 19. The Confederate Civil War site has since relocated its artifacts to a secure location.
They include Waad Al-Kateab, co-director of Oscar-nominated civil war diary “For Sama” that traveled around the world; veteran auteur Ossama Mohammed, whose “Silvered Water, Syria Self ...