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Civil War soldier's diary and descendants keep his story alive
Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...
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Florida's Civil War history, the costs of secession, the first push for tourism
Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state.
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Famine and atrocities mount as Sudan’s civil war enters its third year
CAIRO (AP) — As Sudan marks two years of civil war on Tuesday, atrocities and famine are only mounting in what the United Nations says is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Last month ...
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Fifty years on, Lebanon’s civil war fighters working for reconciliation
Near the front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon’s civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted ...
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Two years into Sudan’s war, where is its civil society?
When Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over most of the country’s capital Khartoum in the early days of the war, the youth-led civil society initiative Hadhreen kept its ...
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Five decades after Lebanon's civil war, battle-scarred buildings reflect ongoing trauma
Fifty years ago, Lebanon descended into one of the darkest periods in its modern history: the civil war. The brutal 15-year conflict was marked by sectarian violence and shifting front lines.
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CASEY: Treasure trove of Civil War documents finds a home at Virginia Tech
An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century documents has been donated to Virginia Tech by a descendant of a Confederate general who later played a key role ...
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Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...
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Lebanon displays bullet-riddled bus to commemorate start of civil war, 50 years on
What happened next on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon, plunging it into 15 years of civil war. It would kill about 150,000 people, leave 17,000 missing and lead to foreign ...
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Rare Civil War flag to be sold at Columbus auction
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this ...
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Lebanon's civil war fighters working for reconciliation, 50 years on
Former foes Nassim Assad and Georges Mazraani revisit Beirut's Ain al-Remmaneh district — Anwar AMRO Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now ...