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Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic
It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American ...
John Wayne’s Best Movies of All Time
It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...
From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Silent Cavalry' is far more than a war story
How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta — and Then Got Written Out of History," by Howell Raines, (Crown ...
MORE TO THE STORY: Ex-Confederates fight last battle in Minnesota
The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of ...
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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 ...
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Work underway to digitize Civil War markings at Brandy Station's Graffiti House
Crew on site in January collecting images for National Endowment for the Humanities project creating historic graffiti ...
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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 ...