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On This Day: The siege of the Four Courts, the beginning of the Irish Civil War
IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most ...
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York’s Civil War surrender at 160: ‘It was not York’s finest moment’
Unlike his Civil War counterpart, the mayor, Bill Althaus, refused to surrender the city. York, thus, acknowledged this difficult moment that had been suppressed for much of the 20th century.
Smithsonian Magazine7d
A Confederate Raider Fired the Final Shots of the Civil War in the Arctic, Two and a Half Months After Robert E. Lee Surrendered
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
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Who paid the Confederate requisition after York’s Civil War surrender? And who did not? - MSN
Scott and I will discuss our findings and other issues about the surrender of York as part of the York County History Center-sponsored, activity-packed Civil War Day starting at 10 a.m., July 20 ...
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York’s surrender of 1863: If not owned, a community mistake can be compounded - MSN
(This is the second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story. Civil War historian Scott Mingus served as ...
USA Today2y
When did the Civil War end? Quick guide to America's deadliest war. - USA TODAY
The Civil War officially ended on Aug. 20, 1866, but Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army 16 months earlier on April 9, 1865.
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The Civil War - PBS
The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, ... 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army.
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Disobeyed Orders Led to Civil War's Largest Confederate Surrender| Military.com
When Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, he surrendered an estimated 28,000 Confederate troops. Many remember this ...
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The Gentleman's Agreement That Ended the Civil War - Smithsonian Magazine
With Lee’s surrender, the war effectively came to an end. On April 9, ... when the Civil War effectively came to an end, and, though dramatically remade, the nation would be preserved. ...
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York’s surrender of 1863: If not owned, a community mistake can be compounded - Yahoo
The second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story.
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Who paid the Confederate requisition after York’s Civil War surrender? And who did not? - AOL
Scott and I will discuss our findings and other issues about the surrender of York as part of the York County History Center-sponsored, activity-packed Civil War Day starting at 10 a.m., July 20 ...
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York’s surrender of 1863: If not owned, a community mistake can be compounded - AOL
(This is the second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story. Civil War historian Scott Mingus served as ...