Civil War

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That may turn on a long-forgotten voting practice from the Civil War.

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

When the Civil War ended in 1865, most of Packingtown turned hopes for employment to the newly opened Union Stock Yard.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield