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The island where the Civil War continued after Lee surrendered

We kayak the Flint River to Owens Island, where a Civil War skirmish took place in 1865 near the old Double Bridges crossing ...
The Third Arkansas Cavalry was organized in October 1863 at Little Rock, becoming one of four Union cavalry regiments raised in Arkansas during the Civil War. Led by Col. Abraham Ryan, the Third ...
Gen. George A. Custer, among the boldest cavalry commanders in history, saw the zeal and dash he esteemed in Connecticut’s Civil War horse soldiers. “I cannot fail to remember the many triumphs in ...
On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.But the history of the Bryan family farm dates back more than ...
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A private building adjacent to Historic Centreville Park is home to Fairfax County’s newest Civil War museum, operated by a local nonprofit that hopes to make Centreville a Civil War history ...
With no monument and no book to mark their service, Bob Angelovich said politicians and time had forgotten the young men who comprised Connecticut’s only Civil War cavalry regiment. “Since these guys ...
For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable ...
The Civil War monument that stood near the state Capitol for longer than 100 years now resides at History Colorado Center. Photo credit: Spencer Campbell The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide ...
Power Vermont news today. Join at $14/month to keep trusted reporting free and enter to win a $250 Johnson Woolen Mills gift card. Members of the 1st Vermont Cavalry Company K reenactment group sit ...