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The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...

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Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

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The military display to celebrate the Army's birthday, and maybe his own, reflects Trump's taste for an imperial presidency ...

A grant from the State Historic Records Advisory Board enabled the digitization of two Civil War-era diaries now available for online research on CARLI Digital Collections.