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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
This Fort Worth native joined about 90 African Americans who fought in Spain’s civil war
Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
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Borno man who fought in America’s Civil War in the 1860s
By Farooq A. KperogiIn the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, ...
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...