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1. apnews.com › article › medal-honor-biden-civil-warBiden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who ...

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   1 hour ago · The posthumous recognition comes as the legacy of the Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865, continues to shape U.S. politics in a contentious election year in which issues of race, constitutional rights and presidential power are at the forefront.

2. www.usnews.com › news › politicsBiden to Bestow Medal of Honor on Two Civil War Heroes Who ...

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   10 hours ago · The posthumous recognition comes as the legacy of the Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865, continues to shape U.S ...

3. abcnews.go.com › Politics › wireStoryBiden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War ... - ABC News

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   10 hours ago · The posthumous recognition comes as the legacy of the Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865, continues to shape U.S ...

4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/06/07 › opinionOpinion | Long Before the Woke, There Were the Wide Awake ...

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   Jun 7, 2024 · The 19th-Century Club You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World. June 7, 2024. A Wide Awakes rally in October 1860 filled much of Lower Manhattan with marchers and spectators, and left the ...

5. www.pbs.org › newshour › showReport reveals how formerly enslaved people were ousted from ...

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   Jun 19, 2024 · After the Civil War, the federal government’s pledge of 40 acres and a mule to the formerly enslaved has been known as a broken promise. But a new report reveals that not only did the government ...

6. apnews.com › article › juneteenth-black-civil-warOn Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for ...

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Over the many decades since the Civil War, there was a lot of displacement among my ancestors; people moved away and never came back and a lot of our family stories were lost. But I do know that the Sands men served valiantly in World War II. There was a newspaper headline about “The Sands Family Fights” with a photograph of several of them.

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   Why was the Civil War renamed Posthumous?

   • The posthumous recognition comes as the legacy of the Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865, continues to shape U.S. politics in a contentious election year in which issues of race, constitutional rights and presidential power are at the forefront.

   Biden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who helped hi…

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   Did 2 civil war Privates steal a Confederate train?

   • Now, 2 Civil War Privates Will Receive the Medal of Honor. They Stole a Confederate Train for the Union. Now, 2 Civil War Privates Will Receive the Medal of Honor.

   They Stole a Confederate Train for the Union. Now, 2 Civil War Privates …

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   What was the purpose of the Civil War obliteration?

   • In particular, the mission was to obliterate train tracks, bridges and telegraph wires between Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Today, the Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in the military. However, during the Civil War, it was the only award for valor, and members of the locomotive raid became its very first recipients.

   They Stole a Confederate Train for the Union. Now, 2 Civil War Privates …

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   How did Confederate troops kill Andrews?

   • Confederate troops chased them, initially on foot and later by train. The Confederate troops eventually caught the group. Andrews and seven others were executed, while the others either escaped or remained prisoners of war.

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8. www.britannica.com › event › American-Civil-WarAmerican Civil War | History, Summary, Dates, Causes, Map ...

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   6 days ago · The American Civil War was the culmination of the struggle between the advocates and opponents of slavery that dated from the founding of the United States. This sectional conflict between Northern states and slaveholding Southern states had been tempered by a series of political compromises, but by the late 1850s the issue of the extension of slavery to the western states had reached a ...