Appomattox: Where America's Civil War Neared Its End
Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
Simple dishes from 1865 that fed post-Civil War families | LOST RECIPES
Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.
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Historic Last Civil War Funeral - Confederate Lt Andrew Jackson Buttram (Part I)
This is the historic last Civil War Funeral of Confederate Lt Andrew Jackson Buttram. This is part I of a 2 part series. The ...
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The revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment
People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...
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Test Your History Knowledge with These Basic Civil War Questions
How much do you know about the Civil War? Our history quiz covers some of the basic Civil War questions that we feel are ...
Civil War Symposium is headed to Litchfield
Although the American Civil War ended April 9, 1865, when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, the war ...
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Simple dishes from 1865 that fed post-Civil War families | LOST RECIPES
That was certainly the case for the October 4, 1865, issue. This was a mere six months after the end of the Civil War, at a time when Southern states were still in rough shape overall. Slavery was ...