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24 American Civil War facts: how many did you know?

The Civil War literally saw brother fight brother The phrase 'brother against brother' is often used to illustrate how, in the Civil War, wearing the blue uniform of the Union or the grey of the ...
Houston Chronicle

Galena to mark end of Civil War anniversary

This small town in northwest Illinois is pulling out all the stops to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Gen. U. S. Grant, marking the beginning of the end of the ...
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The 18 most horrifying facts about the Civil War that still haunt Americans today and reveal the true human cost

The Civil War (1861 to 1865) was the bloodiest war that the United States has ever fought. Fought between the Union in the North and the Confederacy in the South, the war simply tore the United States ...
Redlands Daily Facts

Railroads in the Civil War will be topic for Inland Empire Civil War Round Table

Historian and author Robert M. “Bert” Dunkerly of Richmond, Va., will present an online program on “Civil War Railroads” 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, for the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table. The ...
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Inland Empire Civil War Round Table will present ‘A Southern Perspective on the Civil War’

Steve Madden of Redlands will present “Shades of Gray: A Southern Perspective on the Civil War” 2 p.m. Oct. 16 in a program for the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table. The free presentation will be ...
New York Post

US soldiers’ remains found at historic Revolutionary War landmark are revealed to be from a completely different era

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the Revolutionary War. The remains were found while excavators searched around ...