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The Union flew the white flag of surrender at Fort Sumter. Now it's up for auction in Greenville SC.
A Charleston, South Carolina surrender flag, Confederate documents, and Union soldier items among historic Civil War ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...
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Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...
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Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
Karl Puckett [email protected] The memorial highlighting the area’s Black Civil War soldiers is planned ... “There is not a white officer in this regiment who has more administrative ...
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Former ACHS director to discuss role of African Americans who fought in the Civil War
Jeff Kluever, former Allen County Historical Society director and avid Civil War historian, will be in Iola April 26 to talk ...