The Union blockade of Southern ports ... By the outbreak of the Civil War, in April 1861, he was one of the largest coffee farmers in Liberia—and he hoped that this new country, to which ...

That Arthur T. Carter is spearheading an effort to build this Civil War monument sounds about right. Especially when folks ...

was "a concentration camp … established by Union soldiers to eradicate the slaves" during the Civil War. Some sources allege that "over 20,000 freed slaves were killed in one year in this ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

The bloodiest war in American history was also one of ... Army had a tough time securing enough anesthesia because of the ...

Indeed, high drama marked the Civil War’s last ... lay ahead. The Union had overwhelmed the Confederacy with swarms of blue-coated soldiers, an ever-tightening blockade of Confederate ports ...

The book’s opening essay cogently details many of the effects of the Civil War and its aftermath in a discussion ... very good explanation of the legality and effectiveness of the Union blockade of ...

Both groups retreated before the Union troops from California would return a month later and take Tucson without incident. The event at Picacho Pass was “the westernmost battle of the Civil War ...

The Union Civil War Soldier Monument Advisory and Implementation ... Confederates who escaped the Union’s blockade joined other units in Norfolk and elsewhere. White Eastern Shore men in support ...