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Americans honor the loss 24 years after the devastating World Trade Center, Pentagon and thwarted Flight 93 9/11 terrorist attacks. by Associated Press TOPICS: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An acre of land ...
Graves containing the skeletal remains of four Civil War soldiers and three amputated human legs are the latest discoveries to come out of an archaeological excavation at a 161-year-old battle site in ...
MATTOON, Ill. -- As a boy 70 years ago, Henry Bell used to enjoy visits to Dodge Grove Cemetery as a chance to dart through the low rows of gravestones. His eye would sometimes catch the words ...
In March 1865, 80,000 soldiers clashed on a Johnston County battlefield. More than 4,000 were killed, wounded or listed as missing. But you won't find their graves on the battlefield. Now, it appears ...
AIKEN — Around 160 years after a Confederate soldier from Tennessee was killed during the Battle of Aiken, he is no longer unknown thanks to a Veterans Administration historical grave marker. “For ...
Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...
ALBION, N.Y. – A Civil War veteran’s unmarked grave has finally received a headstone, thanks to the efforts of two young historians. Daniel Walterhouse, who served in the 4th Michigan Volunteer ...
BALTIMORE — The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation, won’t be returning to its former perch in Baltimore’s Canton ...
A grave marker honoring Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War stands on city owned property in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Olivia Diaz) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An acre ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An acre of land owned by the city of Richmond contains potentially hundreds of unmarked graves, some of which could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War, ...