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The CSS “Shenandoah” only learned of the Confederacy’s defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser’s crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...

We are listing the American Civil War first for comparison. The others are in order by the lower-end estimated number of casualties. Years: 1861-1865 Estimated Death Toll: 620,000 – 750,000 Issues: ...

What was hygiene like during the Civil War? By contemporary standards, it was pretty grim for both Union and Confederate troops. Confronted by unsanitary living conditions and the ever-present risk of ...

Prologue: the view from Atlanta, 1895 -- The Northern postwar vision, 1865-1867 -- The mixed blessing of universal suffrage, 1867-1870 -- Black workers and the South Carolina government, 1871-1875 -- ...

A search for the remains of Black Union soldiers murdered toward the end of the Civil War. Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black ...

Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services Oct. 16 for the burial of Union soldier Byron R. Johnson. Johnson was among nearly 30 Civil War veterans whose remains languished in storage ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. Image on file. Erected AD 1879/To the Memory of the Soldiers of the town of Wallkill (On side of base near bottom:) WALLKILL'S TRIBUTE TO/HER BRAVE ...