Family genealogy leads Greensburg man to ancestor's Civil War battle exploits
John Williams wasn’t a particularly tall man, standing at 5 feet, 6 inches, but he made a big impact after joining the Union ...
Norfolk Daily News1d
Despite hardships, soldier served his country, community well
The "long, lanky" man carrying the American flag on Decoration Day in May 1909 was a familiar sight at patriotic events in ...
Northwest Georgia News2d
Women in War During the Civil War
A March 22 ranger program at Chickamauga Park will explore the dangers women faced working in Civil War arsenals, where ...
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Culpeper native's mission to honor Black Civil War soldiers
Howard Lambert, the first African American president of the Brandy Station Foundation, has worked tirelessly to bring these ...
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Big Georgia military base renamed for soldier who avoided attention
Georgia's Fort Moore is being renamed after Fred Benning, a modest World War I hero from Nebraska who avoided discussing his service. Now he's in the limelight, posthumously.
Move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I
Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military's second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old ...