Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
The civil service was once politicized. Then a president was assassinated.
Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...
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Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to undo the Civil War
It took the post-Civil War constitutional amendments to overturn that ruling. The 14th Amendment was born not only of a Union victory and of the radical Republicans, but also out of decades of ...
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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...
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What were surgeries like during the Civil War? Find out here!
Hearing about the different diseases that affected soldiers during the Civil War. Learning how women nursed the wounded and sick. As part of the weekend event, Dr. Trevor Steinbach will present the ...
Westmoreland veterans organization seeks descendants of Civil War soldier for Memorial Day ceremony
Penn Township resident Bill Bray has made it his mission to ensure the Civil War veterans buried in Westmoreland County are ...
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Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
The Union victory was widely celebrated ... Tubman still faced the racism and sexism of America after the Civil War. When she sought payment for her service as a spy, the U.S. Congress denied ...