Hundreds attend Hainesville Civil War reenactment: ‘We need to learn the lessons of history’

People largely came for the battle between the opposing forces, but the entire experience was designed for educational ...
AgNet West

Post–Civil War Wheat Crash: How Farmers Turned to Corn and Livestock

After the Civil War, wheat prices collapsed. Learn how pests, poor yields, and new markets pushed American farmers toward corn and livestock ...
WBUR

How untold stories of the Civil War help make sense of today's political division

The cover of "Midnight on the Potomac" and author Scott Ellsworth. (Courtesy of Dutton and Jared Lazarus) A historian shatters myths from the last, desperate months of the Civil War to help us better ...
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She Risked Her Life Helping Civil War Soldiers And Was Known As A Battlefield Angel: Then She Created The American Red Cross

During the Civil War, Clara Barton risked her life helping distribute necessary supplies to Union Army soldiers. She was known as a "battlefield angel." Later, she founded the American Red Cross, a ...
The New York Times

The Civil War That Never Ended

Rather than write a column for this Independence Day weekend edition of the newsletter, I decided to chat with Zaakir Tameez, a recent graduate of Yale Law School, about his new biography of Charles ...
Mississippi Valley Publishing

Civil War Cannons: Who Owns Them Today?

Southeast Iowa Civil War Roundtable will host a free presentation on the surprisingly complex and valuable world of Civil War ...