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Civil War Reenactor Goes Off Script, Admits Plan to Bomb Battlefield

by Jonathan Lehrfeld4/20/20234/20/2023
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Was the Civil War Really a Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight?

by Caroline E. Janney4/20/20234/20/2023
street scene in Mayville, North Dakota

He Was Shot in the Head Over Booze in this Prohibition State. His Killers Walked Free.

by Ellen Notbohm4/17/20234/17/2023
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Mark Twain Fought for the South in the Civil War. He Lasted 2 Weeks Before He Quit

by Claire Barrett4/14/20234/26/2024
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The Time the US Army Almost Went to War with Utah’s Mormons in 1854

by Will Gorenfeld4/14/20234/14/2023
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When South Carolina Threatened Secession… 30 Years Before the Civil War

by Brian C. Neumann4/12/20234/6/2023
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by Matthew Bernstein4/7/20234/7/2023
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Liquor Numbed the Pain, Took the Edge Off Homesickness… and Caused Havoc During the Civil War

by Megan L. Bever4/6/20234/6/2023

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