Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.
Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series continues with a new series on the American Civil War, following ...
Redlands’ Lincoln Memorial Shrine will present historian Megan Kate Nelson, author of the 2020 book “The Three-Cornered War: ...
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Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
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Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the ...
The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.
The Anglo-American hero Winston Churchill once said ... the impact that the March 2015 victory in Kobanî had on the war against the Islamic State. ISIS’s defeat in this north Syrian city ...
Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.
Following the American Civil War and the abolition of the slave trade, there were still many people who wanted to keep racist rules and systems. This was particularly the case in the southern ...
One Texan newspaper professed itself “thrilled by the death of our oppressor." The American Civil War left a bitter legacy. In the south, burned and devastated, the whites remained very angry ...
What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer. What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer.
The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the ...