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How Women Enlisted as Men to Fight in the Civil War
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
Kankakee Valley Historical Society teaches about life during Civil War
Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
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Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known ... Tubman was accepted in June 2021 to the United States Army ...
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U.S. Senator Reintroduces Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans Who Fought to Preserve the Union in the Civil War
Mariposa California's original daily updated online newspaper is the premier site for news and information on Yosemite, Mariposa, California and United States ...
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'Kidnapped at Sea' Dispels the Old 'Sea Story' of a Black Sailor in the Confederate Navy
The Confederate warship had wreaked havoc on American shipping ... at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the Alabama ...