Nearly 100 years after the Civil War began, its last surviving veteran, Albert Woolson, passed away in Duluth, at age 106.
pt. 1. Transition to peace -- By rail and boat / Dixon Wecter -- Confederate demobilization / William B. Holberton -- Did the Confederacy change Southern soldiers? / Michael Barton -- Ghost dance / ...
"The controversy surrounding the Civil War Monument has become a symbol of Coloradans’ struggle to understand and take ...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Silas Dalphus Plummer Sr. was the last surviving Civil War veteran in Cambria County when he died Feb. 7, 1940, at age 92. He is buried at Mount Union Cemetery in Summerhill, the town ...
Charles Hopkins aided escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad and survived a notorious POW camp. He was one of nine ...
CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa -- If any descendants of Lewis Solomon still live in the Correctionville area, no one knows. Any contemporaries have long since died, leaving no one who knew Solomon to honor him ...