Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history
Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...
Remains of 28 Civil War soldiers identified in funeral home storage
The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of their wives are receiving burial services across the country. As first ...
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From the archives: Discovering a Confederate bombproof room in New Hanover
By the late 1970s, the excavation of a bombproof room was another discovery at Fort Fisher.
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver 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 day, ...
What was the Battle of Droop Mountain?
The Battle of Droop Mountain during the Civil War was an infamous and bloody mark on the history of a newly formed state.