The Little Town in Illinois That Helped Decide the Civil War - HistoryNet
WEBDec 18, 2023 · In the anxious days that followed the fall of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Illinois Governor Richard Yates worried in particular about a disease-ridden little town jutting into the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
Mitchelville: The hidden town at dawn of freedom - BBC News
WEBFeb 29, 2012 · As Black History Month in the US and Canada draws to a close, the little-known story of the first free black town established during the Civil War is being rediscovered and re-told - casting a...
How the Battle of Gettysburg Turned the Tide of the Civil War
WEBIn the first days of July 1863, two great armies converged at the small town of Gettysburg, in southern Pennsylvania. Begun as a skirmish between Union cavalry and Confederate infantry...
The Town That Started the Civil War: The True Story of the …
WEBJul 1, 1991 · The Town That Started the Civil War: The True Story of the Community That Stood Up to Slavery--and Changed a Nation Forever. Paperback – July 1, 1991. Before the War Between the States, there was the war between …
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The True Story of the ‘Free State of Jones’ - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBThe Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War Victoria Bynum traces the origins and legacy of the Jones County uprising from the American Revolution to the modern civil rights...
Small-town America’s never-ending struggle to maintain its …
WEBNov 22, 2023 · But after the war, passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments extended civil and political rights to newly freed African Americans
A new museum takes you beyond the Battle of Gettysburg
WEBApr 17, 2023 · The brutal fighting in and around the hills outside of town and in its streets from July 1-3, 1863, which led to a decisive Union victory over the Confederate army, was a turning point of the...
Small Towns - Road To The Civil War
WEB142 – Civil War – North; 143 – ... Gathering on Main Street Small Town Missouri. Town of Leominster, Massachusetts. Early Main Street with Dirt Road. Hay Wagon in Town. Busy Main Street. Town of Galena, Illinois. Sawmill, Idaho. Long Dirt Road with Wagon. Balloon in Market Square. Needham, Massachusetts Town Square.
'We Always Knew What It Stood For': Small Texas Town Torn Over …
WEBAug 3, 2020 · Elliott has placed small Confederate flags on dozens of graves of fallen soldiers in the city cemetery. Statue opponents have proposed the cemetery as the logical place to relocate the courthouse...
The Urban South during the Civil War Era - The University of …
WEBWhen we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness.