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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 ...
National Guard has long history of deployments during civil rights protests
Some previous deployments restored peace after local crackdowns or vigilante violence, but sometimes troops intensified ...
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Archaeologists discovered a buried arsenal of US Civil War weapons during a cleanup operation on the Congaree River in South Carolina.
It started as a mundane environmental cleanup along the Congaree River in Columbia, South Carolina, and ended as a trip back ...
Exeter's bloody killing field where armies fought to the death
On the July 31 a force of about 1,100 men rushed out from behind the city's walls and crossed the Exe Bridge to fight or die.
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How Coffee Helped the Union Caffeinate Their Way to Victory in the Civil War
Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...