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How a Civil War Drummer Boy Became the Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient
Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.
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Dalton teenager finds sword that was gifted to Civil War veterans and their families in home that once belonged to Zenas Marshall Crane
Christopher George uncovered a late 19th-century Civil War presentation sword in the attic of his historic family home, ...
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How Women Enlisted as Men to Fight in the Civil War
In April 1861, just three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to fill the ranks of the Union ... the Civil War, watched the ...
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The Civil War By the Numbers
Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the South through a federal reinterment program from 1866-1869 303,356 — Number of Union soldiers who ...
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Heroes of a Civil War Victory That History Forgot
The Union fell ... in that history. Civil War historian Hari Jones calls New Market Heights “one of the best examples of our soldiers’ bravery.” To Jones, a former Marine, New Market Heights ...