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Treasure Hunters Accuse FBI of Destroying Video of Civil War Gold Dig
A lawyer for a father-son team of treasure hunters is accusing the FBI of either lying to a federal judge about having video of its 2018 dig for legendary Civil War-era gold, or illegally destroying the video. The FBI has acknowledged it was looking for gold at the Pennsylvania site but says it found nothing of value. The duo believes...
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History of Memorial Day in the US
Originally established during the Civil War, Memorial Day honors those who have died in military service for the U.S.
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What Is Seditious Conspiracy? Rare, But Now Part of Jan. 6
Sedition, conspiracy. Those words are now being used in Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection criminal cases. But what do the terms mean, anyway?
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Body of Nathan Bedford Forrest Removed From Memphis Park
Workers have removed the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from a Tennessee park, marking another step in the process of moving their bodies out of Memphis and to a museum hundreds of miles away
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Strange Theft of Confederate Chair Mystifies Alabama Town
It’s not the first Confederate monument to go missing in Selma, Alabama, but the story of the stolen Jefferson Davis chair may be the oddest
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Central Illinois Man Discovers Civil War Bayonet in Garden
A central Illinois man recently made quite the discovery while working in his garden as he unearthed a Civil War bayonet that could be connected to former president Ulysses S. Grant. Bob Anderson, a resident of the 1500 block of West Lafayette Street in Jacksonville, Illinois, was tilling his garden when the tiller struck a metal object, according to the...
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Maryland Votes to Nix State Song, a Confederate Call to Arms
Maryland lawmakers have voted to repeal Maryland’s state song, which is a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy.
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Bomb Squad Detonates Live Civil War Cannonball Found in Maryland
A bomb squad safely deactivated a live Civil War-era piece of ammunition after it was discovered in Maryland last week, NBC News reports.
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Man Cut Down Oaks at Civil War Site, Stole Timber: Officials
A man convicted of stealing timber from century-old live oak trees at a Civil War battlefield near the Georgia-Tennessee line has been sentenced to about a year in prison.
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National Guard Sleeping in the Capitol an Echo of Civil War
To most Americans, the sight of armed National Guard troops sleeping in the Capitol Rotunda this past week was shocking and disturbing
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Some in the GOP Parrot Far-Right Talk of a Coming Civil War
War-like imagery has begun to take hold in Republican circles, erupting into the open after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump