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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...
Why's it called that? Military Road in Worcester takes name from Highland Military Academy
Military Road in Worcester, off Salisbury Street, not far from Park Avenue, takes its name from the school created by ...
‘Somewhere Toward Freedom’ Review: Under Sherman’s Wing
Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union Army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage ...
When Harriet Tubman Helped Lead a Civil War Raid That Freed 750 People
With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...
Ukrainian winemaker and US veterans team up, a glass at a time
A group of American veterans and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste ...
The Tragedies That Came After Freedom in the American South
Somewhere Toward Freedom” tells the story of Sherman’s March to the Sea from the perspective of the formerly enslaved.
The Vicksburg Post3d
UNSUNG HEROES: On the trail of the U.S. Colored Troops in Vicksburg
By Jim Beaugez Under cover of darkness during the early hours of June 7, 1863, an army of 1,500 Confederate troops approached ...
Walla Walla Union Bulletin2d
Middle East latest: 4 Israeli women soldiers will be next hostages freed from Gaza
The second batch of Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas this weekend are four female soldiers. That's according to ...
A lost chapter in Boston’s civil rights struggle, unearthed
On the site where The Embrace memorializes Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King once stood a social club that ...
Duty Calls: Nassau resident takes command of recruiting battalion
Army National Guard Lt. Col. John Harder of Nassau, an Iraq War veteran, has assumed command of the Recruiting and Retention ...
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Cde Mupamhanga: The war veteran who turned civil servant par excellence
Cde Mupamhanga was a veteran of the ... Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and ZANLA commissariat and education departments. After Independence, he began his civil service career in the ...