How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
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Sherman’s March
In March 1864, William T. Sherman assumed command of the Union Army in the West, and in May, he began a destructive march ...
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From the Wilderness to Appomattox
At Cold Harbor, Grant launched a furious assault against what he thought was a tired and beaten enemy—and suffered a bloody ...
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A Black Reconstruction-era legislator from Cumberland County is getting a historical marker. Here’s his story.
Cumberland Middle School students have researched the story of John Robinson and made the case for a historical marker.