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4 people from the same town who fought in different wars. The eyes of four men, captured in a single photograph, tell a story of approximately…
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What Was The Most Formidable Military The U.S. Has Ever Faced?
There are a couple of ways to answer this. I’d argue that, in order of formidability, the most determined enemies the United States has faced in…
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Civil War veteran Jacob Miller was shot in the forehead at Brock Field at Chikamauga, Georgia in 1863. “When I came to my senses some time…
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American Revolutionary War Veteran Nicholas G. Veeder outside his home in 1862. Nicholas was born in Schenectady County, New York on December 25, 1761. In 1855,…
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Diarrhea was the leading cause of death in the American Civil War. Soldiers had a code of honor to not shoot at anyone who was pooping.…
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The last US Civil War Widow died in 2020. The practice of a young woman marrying an older man for his Civil War pension as a…
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Veterans eat their meals in the dining hall of the National Soldiers’ Home, a facility for the care of disabled American veterans, many from the Civil…