How a bloody battlefield inspired a pacifist to create the Red Cross
Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...
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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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America
Military records reveal that women fought—and died—in all the major battles of the Civil War, participating in ... a military pension in 1884. Other cross-dressing soldiers, however, lived ...
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Braggs History Project highlights Civil War battle with roadside marker
The little-known Civil War Battle of Greenleaf Prairie took place on June 16, 1863, near present-day Braggs and extended to ...
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Syrian Civil War: What led to the fall of the regime
A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at ... In June 2012, the Red Cross ...