What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
Smithsonian Magazine12h
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 ...
Military.com22h
The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom
One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...
Southern Maryland News2d
Professor speaks about Civil War-era alliances
Guest speaker Chandra Manning, professor of U.S. history at Georgetown University, was featured at Daugherty-Palmer Commons ...
News Journal6d
Civil War and recognizing local black troops
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...