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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general ... dealt a huge blow to Confederate morale.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag ... which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding.
The Scranton chapter of UNICO National donated $350 to the GAR Memorial Association’s fundraiser to return the Civil War sword of a North Scranton (then the town of Providence) native and Civil ...
For many Americans, both civilian and military, who lived through the conflict, the Civil War was the monumental ... bestowed with presentation swords and awards such as the Medal of Honor. Veterans ...
Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war, approximately the same number as in all of America's other wars ...
On both sides, the Civil War ... their actions in war. Some would die in battles; others would go on to become political figures in the healing nation. This section displays objects used by or ...