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Civil War

Civil War 1861–1865 The Union Army had more than 2,000,000 members over the course of the Civil War. Federico Fernández Cavada, Pauline Cushman, and Edward Day Cohota were three who fought for the United States in different ways. Cavada served in...

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World War I

World War I 1914–1918 During World War I, 4.7 million Americans served in the military, among them Louis Santop Loftin, Ella Jane Osborn, and James Reese Europe. Louis Santop Loftin served in the US Navy, leaving behind a successful career in Negro...

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Cold War

Cold War Korea: 1950–1953 Vietnam: 1959–1975 More than 35 million people served in the US Armed Forces during the Cold War between September 2, 1945, and December 26, 1991. During the Korean War, Walter Schirra Jr. flew missions with the 154th...

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World War I

World War I (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term I) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 655 Semesters : Summer 2017, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term I) Image: Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a...

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The Cold War

The Cold War View the recordings from this 2021 History School course, led by Joe Welch. This content is intended for middle and high school students. About the Course Two “superpowers”—the United States and the Soviet Union...

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War between Neighbors: The Coming of the Civil War

Government and Civics

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Edward L. Ayers is Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia where he is also the Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History. Here he looks at the Civil War’s impact on the lives of people in...

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Autograph manuscript

1863

Wells, Hiram C. (fl. 1825-1900)

Civil war recollections

GLC03131.15.02

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Autograph manuscript

1863

Wells, Hiram C., fl. 1825-1900

Civil war recollections

GLC03131.15.002

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Newspaper clipping

1861-1864

Indiana War Expenses

Reprints an exchange between Mr. Wickliffe and Mr. Porter in the House of Representatives concerning charges of mismanagement bt Gov. Morton of Indiana in preparing troops for battle

GLC07687.184

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Autograph manuscript

24 November 1862

[Civil War Songbook]

Contains lyrics to several martial, sentimental, religious and romantic songs. Titles include "John Brown Song" (usually called "John Brown's Body") "Sung by Fletcher Webster's Regiment in Boston [sic]," "Traitor, Spare That Flag," "Oh, For a Home...

GLC00968