Tuesday, December 9, 2025

This old soldier won't fade away: Residents of Ohio village can now look eye-to-eye at Civil War statue reassembled after a big rig crushed monument into pieces

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The old statue was moved into village administration building (LHS and Village of LaGrange) “Sherman,” the Ohio Civil War statue that was sh...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Drones pinpoint buried treasure in the form of Confederate blockade runners that ran aground in Charleston and have since disappeared under shifting sands

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Archaeology team at work on beach (SCIAA), map of wreck sites (U.S. Coast Survey),.wreck of Celt (Library of Congress) As the Union’s nautic...
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

What in darn-ation??? An Alabama cavalry trooper proudly wore socks depicting the 'Stars and Bars.' You can see them now at a state museum in Montgomery

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The conserved socks in Montgomery (Alabama Archives) and an example of the First National Flag (Wikipedia) It wasn’t enough for Alabama cava...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

American as (apple) pie. Winslow Homer's depiction of a hungry Union soldier is acquired by SoCal museum, which will show it off Sunday in revamped galleries

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Winslow Homer's 1863 painting "The Sutler's Tent" debuts Sunday (Courtesy The Huntington) A Civil War camp scene painted b...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

It's that special day to be grateful. Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers!

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While the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by early colonists in the 1600s, it did not become an annual celebration until 1863. That year, ...