The world’s premier collection of Confederate artifacts at the Museum of the Confederacy and the city’s premier waterfront location at the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar are combining ...
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In 1865, the Confederacy crumbled under the weight of military defeats, economic exhaustion, and internal dissent. This video unpacks the decisive moments and strategic failures that led to the ...
We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact, reality was ...
Civil War soldiers Pvt. Philip Shadrach, left, and Pvt. George Wilson, right, will be posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for their roles in the “Great Locomotive Chase” that took place in 1862.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on Wednesday to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil ...
The CSS “Shenandoah” only learned of the Confederacy’s defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser’s crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...