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Henry Wirz: The Only Confederate Officer to Be Executed for War Crimes After the American Civil War
Henry Wirz remains one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War. As commandant of Andersonville Prison, he oversaw a site where over 13,000 Union soldiers died. Convicted of war crimes and ...
The Spokesman-Review12d
End of The Civil War: Confederate surrenders throughout the country... and world
We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact ...
Florida's Civil War history, the costs of secession, the first push for tourism
History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...
Irish Central8d
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
Editor's note: On this day April 12, 1861, the Confederate Army opened fire at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, launching the American Civil War. The War raged for four years and caused the deaths ...
Task & Purpose26d
How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War
The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States ... Back in the American Civil War, the American military founded ...
What is Confederate Memorial Day and is it celebrated in Alabama? Here's what we know
This controversial April holiday is recognized in Alabama as a state holiday. What is it and when is it celebrated?
The Courier-Journal24d
'Rebel on Main' dissects the legacy of a Kentucky Confederate monument wearing a Union hat
The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument ... on Spotify and Apple Podcast. An American Civil War monument on the Jessamine County Courthouse ...