Thursday, May 8, 2025

Veterans of the 7th Georgia Infantry wanted people to know the specific positions they held at Bull Run. They traveled north to place seven markers and remember fallen comrades. You can learn about their effort at a park exhibit closing soon

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7th Georgia veterans at an 1897 reunion in Marietta (Georgia Archives), fragment of second position marker, pins showing locations of Manass...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Two hanged Andrews Raiders are among 19 inducted into Ohio Military Hall of Fame. 'I wish more people knew about the history,' a descendant says

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Recipients and relatives or descendants of honorees, the Military Hall of Fame medal and the reverse for Pvt. George D. Wilson (All photos R...
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Entrepreneurs Lee and Brittani Lusk love fixing up old properties. They're about to move a house that was in the middle of Civil War cavalry clashes to Ball Ground, Ga.

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Lee Lusk (top left), steel supports underneath, interior (Courtesy the Lusks) and Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard One property at a time, go-gette...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

First on the Picket: Compelling artifacts and technology acquired in recent years will tell a bigger story in an Atlanta History Center exhibition opening next year. The aim is to get you to think about what the Civil War meant then -- and its impact today

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The Atlanta History Center is closing a longtime Civil War exhibit to make way for two new galleries that will feature breathtaking artifac...