Civil War reenactors bring history to life on Peaks Island

During the American Civil War, Maine contributed almost two dozen regiments to the conflict. Over Memorial Day weekend, people visiting Peaks Island got to see firsthand some of the sights and
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On Civil War Monuments and Tennis Players

RICHMOND — Behold the monument of the great Civil War general on horseback! And behold the monument of the great tennis player, apparently preparing to thrash some children with a racquet. Memphis Flyer Lee monument By coincidence, I found myself in ...
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Civil War veteran honored with period-accurate grave marker

A Civil War Union soldier, Samuel R. Arbuthnot, finally has a period-accurate stone grave marker in Forest Park Cemetery, Louisiana, after a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War requested a photo of his unmarked grave on the Find a Grave website.

Wyandotte County rededication honors forgotten Black Civil War soldiers

The monument was originally dedicated on Memorial Day 1905 to Black soldiers and sailors who fought for freedom in the Civil War.
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Civil War veteran receives grave marker more than a century after burial

More than 100 years after his death, a Union Civil War veteran buried in Shreveport was finally honored with a proper grave marker on Memorial Day.