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Since taking office, the Trump administration has declared a war on "woke" military naming—yet its solutions have typically ...
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield.
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A new Civil War Trails marker was unveiled, on Nov. 14, 2025, in Hurricane, Putnam County, West Virginia at the site of an ...
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What Happened to Confederates After the Civil War?

This video looks at what became of the Confederates after the Civil War ended in 1865. From the surrender at Appomattox to ...
“W hen shall we hear the joyfull sound … that slavery is no more?” So asked Jupiter Hammon, an enslaved man whose life in New ...
Today, there isn’t much left of the town, but there are still a few old buildings, like a diner, a café, a motel, and a gas ...
Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...