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What happened to Confederate money after the Civil War? – Ray G., 12, Arlington, Virginia At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money; it only ...

On Thursday, the executive director of the National Civil War Naval Museum talked about a place that remains an undiscovered ...

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For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil ... the 1861-1865 war to preserve the Union, fought between the North’s Union Army and the Confederate States ...

In leaving behind their war-torn lives to seek new opportunities, they mirror the historical trend that saw Confederate settlers moving West during and after the Civil War. According to Montana ...

Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the ...

The nation’s bloodiest and most divisive war began at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. After South Carolina seceded from the Union, the Confederacy demanded that the ...

Syria's civil war grew out of Assad's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011. More than a decade later, about half a million people have been killed, according to The Syrian ...

he was selected a color bearer for his height (6' 3"), his strength (hoisting the flag and keeping it high) and his courage (front lines). Young Samuel carried the flag through three of the bloodiest ...

Gary Ross’ ‘Free State of Jones’ is a dramatization of a revolt during the American Civil War, led by Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey). He deserted his Confederate troops after the Second Battle of ...

Both sides labeled the display of the lily flag in Banja Luka as a provocation. In RS politics, whether ruling or opposition, this flag is branded as a war flag, and its display is treated as a ...