How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
Western Kentucky University6d
Exploring the Civil War Through Pop Culture
Dr. Katherine Lennard, Frockt Family Chair and Associate Professor of History, hopes to build on this understanding to enrich ...
Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, UN envoy says
The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...
The Morning Journal9d
Civil War reenactment
History will be alive all weekend at Scenic Vista Park in Lisbon. The Shriver Grays Civil War reenacting group is hosting a ...
MPR News1d
Smoke and memory: A Civil War painting endures in Minnesota’s Capitol
At the Minnesota State Capitol, Howard Pyle’s Civil War painting “The Battle of Nashville” stands as a vivid tribute to ...
The Fayetteville Observer16d
As NC History Center in Fayetteville nears milestone, historian raises questions about mission
The North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction is set to break ground on its main building within the next four months, with a targeted completion date in ...
Boston Herald13d
Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War
Today in History: March 23, ‘Titanic’ wins record-tying 11 Academy ... Without dwelling on it, “Lincoln’s Peace” mentions ...