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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 ...

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Tom Traynham was living near the Traynham family planation known as “Traynham’s Grove” near ...

To become a War Chief of the Crow Nation, a man must do four things prized of a stealthy Crow warrior: 1. Touch an enemy without killing them, 2. Seize an enemy’s weapon, 3. Lead a successful war ...

Nonpartisanship is a crucial element of the U.S. military’s professional ethic. Officers are appointed and promoted based on merit, not because they hold particular ideological views or align with a ...

Women's history is just the latest casualty. Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. (Department of Defense) A 2024 DoD News article from writer ...

Did your ancestors live in the Ozarks in the 1860s? If so, the men in the family probably fought at the nearby Civil War battles of Pea Ridge, Wilson’s Creek, Newtonia, Carthage and Prairie Grove.

This winter-themed event will feature re-enactors learning and presenting information from the time of the American Civil War (1861-65 ... for four regiments,” he explained. Much of the military ...

A collection of Civil War-era artifacts with deep ties to Nacogdoches will be on display at the Old University Building beginning in April. The collection will be unveiled at an event held from 10 a.m ...

RYLSK, Russia - In the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukraine has been fighting for more than seven months, people say they want peace but fear there will be more war. Ukraine's incursion into ...

and the military chief flew back to the capital for the first time in nearly two years of war, bringing the military closer to regaining full control of the city from the rival Rapid Support ...