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Confederate General Joseph Johnston struggled financially after the war. He became president of a small railroad company until 1868, when he then…
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Refused at first as a re-enactor, J.R. Hardman turned to historic, real-life pioneers for inspiration.
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After the war, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman served as Commanding General of the United States Army, 1869 to 1883. During that time, he also…
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In her new novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez wanted to look beyond the traditional frame for Civil War stories. Her book is set in Chicago and opens as the nation is struggling to heal.
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Four individuals—Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen, Edman Spangler, and Samuel Mudd-- did not receive the death penalty for conspiracy in Lincoln’s death.…
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Dr. Samuel Mudd, convicted of conspiracy in Lincoln’s death, narrowly escaping the death penalty but was sentenced to life imprisonment. While there is no…
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Wilmer McLean, the Virginia wholesale grocery of whom it can be proclaimed that the Civil War “began in his front yard and ended in his front parlor”…
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Union general Joshua Chamberlain, the Maine college professor whose gallantry at Gettysburg earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, resigned from the…
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After the war, Union General George McClellan took his family to Europe until 1868. Returning home, McClellan became the chief engineer of the New York…
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In 1864, the United States government confiscated Arlington House, the home of Robert E. Lee, when property taxes were not paid in person by Mrs. Lee.…