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The Death of Elmer Ellsworth

May 23, 2025

The Death of Elmer Ellsworth: A Union Martyr and the First Casualty on Virginia Soil On This Day – May 24, 1861 In the...

Nov 24, 2024

Thanksgiving during the Civil War wasn’t the extravagant feast we know today. But in 1864, even soldiers recovering in...

May 10, 2024

On May 10, 1863, the 39-year-old Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, one of the South's most fearless generals, passes away...