Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 ...
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Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home’s storage are laid to rest
For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and ...
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Chloroform and the American Civil War:
Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine ... 14 th Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, who received an “accidental wound” of the phalangeal ...
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The Horse Soldiers
In The Horse Soldiers, which involves a little-known incident in the Civil War, all these elements are present. Give John Ford a company of brawny men, let him train his cameras on the US cavalry ...
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The Jarrow man who was first on the scene after President Lincoln's assassination
After being wounded, Mr Hall attended an army appointment in Washington in 1865 and found himself near President Lincoln’s box in the Ford Theatre when a shot rang out. He rushed in and found the ...