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Exhibit at LCCC showcases African American medical contributions during Civil War era
Luzerne County Community College is hosting an exhibit which explores the often-overlooked history of African American contributions as nurses, surgeons, and ho ...
Christianity Today16h
In 19th-Century America, Two ‘Christian Nations’ Took Up Arms
Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...
The Talbot Spy19h
Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: The 550 Talbot Countians who fought for the United States Colored Troops
Frederick Douglass, a native son of Talbot County and a leading African American abolitionist, writer, orator, and newspaper ...
Opinion
Preserve the rights of freedmen in the South -- State Journal editorial from 150 years ago
The bitter opponents of the Republican Party in the South, on the contrary, are constantly fomenting strife and discord by intimidating, assailing, maiming or killing citizens. The number of killed ...
EdSurge1d
Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says
The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...
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Final Moments of a Civil War Cavalry Officer – Battlefield Relics Discovered!
History comes to life as we metal detect the very battlefield where a Civil War cavalry officer met his fate. This site holds ...
What was Charleston like at the end of the Civil War?
One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...