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Event Archives:America's Civil War

Herman H. Heath

The Confederacy Rejected Him — So He Became a Union Hero Instead

by Frank Jastrzembski9/8/20227/19/2022
Quantrill Raid, Lawrence, Kansas

‘I Will Shoot’: Three Gritty Letters Describe the Civil War’s Reality

by Melissa A. Winn9/6/20227/21/2022
President Lyndon Johnson, right, poses May 14, 1968 at the White House with four winners of the nation's highest award, the Medal of Honor. Decorated for valor in Vietnam, they are, from left: Air Force Capt. Gerald O. Young, of Anacortes, Wash.; Navy Bosn"s Mate James E. Williams, of Rock Hill, S.C.; Marine Sgt. Richard A. Pittman, of Stockton, Calif. and Army Spc. 5 Charles C. Hagmeister, of Lincoln, Neb. Others are unidentified. (AP photo)

Is the Medal of Honor Overrated?

by Jerry D. Morelock9/6/202212/14/2022
Moorefield, WV battle site

Moorefield, West Virginia: Confederate Bastion in the Union State

by Melissa A. Winn9/1/20229/6/2022

This Union General Had It All: Wealth. Women. One Arm. He Died at 47, Refusing to Surrender.

by Gordon Berg9/1/20229/16/2022
Woman at writing table

A View From the North: Union Women’s Wartime Memoirs

by Gary W. Gallagher8/31/20228/31/2022

Commission Recommends Stripping Confederate Service Academy Honors

by Meghann Myers8/30/20228/30/2022
Monument to Colonel George Willard at Gettysburg

Hidden Monument Honors Redeemed Gettysburg Colonel

by D. Scott Hartwig8/18/20227/19/2022
7th Wisconsin Infantry at Fredericksburg

Party Like it’s 1862: The Black Hat Brigade’s Raucous Party Along the Rappahannock

by Lance J. Herdegen8/16/20228/16/2022
To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth book cover

‘To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth’ Book Review

by Mike Oppenheim8/12/20228/12/2022

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