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Rock Island Auction Company of Illinois shows off rare Civil War, WWI items made by Tiffany & Co.
Rock Island Auction Company of Illinois shows off rare Civil War, WWI items made by Tiffany & Co. Rock Island's Joel Kolander shares details with Fox News Digital on three military antiques up for ...
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Rock Island Arsenal honors members of Black regiment from Civil War in Juneteenth ceremony
They were eventually transferred to the Rock Island Prison Barracks at the newly ... with the announcement the Civil War had ended and the enslaved people were free. "This declaration took two ...
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During the Civil War, a regiment of Black soldiers guarded confederate prisoners in Rock Island. One soldier's descendant helps keep the history alive.
For nine months during the Civil War, a regiment of Black soldiers, many of them former slaves, guarded confederate prisoners on what is now the Rock Island Arsenal. For the past 30 years, ...
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RAILROAD WAR AVERTED.; The Atchison and Rock Island Compa- nies Reach an Agreement on Busi- ness in the Southwest.
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Rock Island National Cemetery hosts Vietnam War ‘50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony’
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The Rock Island National Cemetery hosted the Vietnam War ‘50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony’ on Wednesday, Vietnam War Veterans Day, to honor all United States ...