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In Kevin Costner's case, it seems his love for the Civil War era runs in his family genes. The actor, producer and director, whose new film, “Horizon: An American Saga,” comes out June 28, is ...
When the Civil War broke out, Black people were officially barred from fighting in the military, historians say. Yet, faced with dwindling numbers of white volunteers, the Union allowed them to ...
American Civil War soldier Daniel Walterhouse was wounded ... Now, 114 years after his death, two middle-schoolers have ...
Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
Now, Bray aims to track down descendants of John E. Wiegel — the last Union Civil War veteran to be buried in Westmoreland County — for a Memorial Day ceremony. Civil War veterans group Bray ...
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - A Union soldier’s grave marker has been missing for decades, but now, thanks to a local organization, a new one has been created in his honor. The soldier from ...
These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from ...
Snopes found soldier details for "Jacob H. Millar" published by the National Park Service (NPS), which had originally filed it under "Jacob H./Miller." According to NPS records, Miller served as a ...
A remembrance group, with help the VFW and American Legion, began a process of identifying and recording every gravesite of a Civil War veteran in Minnesota. Gary Carlberg, Commander of the Sons ...
Herschell Gordon Lewis’ gore epic concerns a group of murderous Southerners who lure six amorously intentioned tourists to their Civil War-era town ... of a wounded Union soldier (Colin Farrell ...
LONDON — A Civil War soldier received military burial honors ... at the East London Cemetery and was hosted by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. White was born in the United Kingdom ...
In Kevin Costner's case, it seems his love for the Civil War era runs in his family genes. The actor, producer and director, whose new film, “Horizon: An American Saga,” comes out June 28, is ...