Civil War

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Top Republican and Democratic lawyers squabbled over the details of Civil War “field voting,” when ballots were collected from Union soldiers and transported back home after the election.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Preservationists have criticized the plan as disrupting a sacred sightline between the memorials to Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, designed as a statement of unity after the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

For the proud sons of two Royal Navy sailors caught up in one of the most notorious incidents of the Chinese Civil War there was only one mission - to have those involved publicly honoured.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Nearby, is a large poster, with text penned by famed slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass, that was carried in a 1863 parade during the Civil War that calls "Men of Color, To Arms! To Arms!"

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Garfield rejoiced as the Civil War ended in spring 1865, but Lincoln’s assassination shocked him.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow