US Civil War veterans honoured with new headstones

Two veterans of the American Civil War have been honoured with new gravestones at their cemetery in Derby. Both Samuel Hough, ...
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The Gilded Age Roots of American Austerity

Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill isn’t just a modern assault on SNAP and Medicaid — it’s the revival of a 150-year-old playbook. From Civil War pensions to modern welfare programs, political ...

Civil War, WWI vets finally get gravestones at Sayville cemetery

On Saturday, the Moses A. Baldwin Camp #544 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War met at the cemetery to unveil and ...
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Black Families Can Now Recover More of Their Lost Histories

Dr. Fields-Black is the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War.” In many ways, the overgrown cemetery on a South Carolina rice plantation ...
Southeast Missourian

Southeast Missouri Roots & Branches: Civil War ancestral research — part I

"In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire." This quote from a speech given by Oliver Wendall Holmes demonstrates the profound effects the Civil War had on our ancestors. Up to 80% of those who ...