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Henry Wirz: The Only Confederate Officer to Be Executed for War Crimes After the American Civil WarHenry Wirz remains one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War. As commandant of Andersonville Prison, he oversaw ...
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 ...
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All That's Interesting on MSNMore Than Two Dozen Civil War Soldiers Were Laid To Rest After Their Remains Were Found In A Seattle Funeral HomeOne of these soldiers was Byron Johnson, a hospital steward for the Union Army, who was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in ...
After the Civil War ... (Some slaveholders accepted the Union’s offer of $300 per man to let them go.) After the war ended in 1865, eighteen black soldiers returned to Talbot County—including ...
The First South Carolina Volunteers, the first regiment of Black soldiers to fight for the Union in the Civil War, was formed in May 1862 in Beaufort. Courtesy Mitchell first heard the story at a ...
April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...
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WCMH Columbus on MSNRare Civil War flag to be sold at Ohio auctionA long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month.
The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...
Another soldier in the unit was William Bronson ... Massachusetts was the first Black regiment to fight for the Union in the Civil War, Allen says. That famed regiment’s actions on the ...
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