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Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Elijah H.C. Cavins of the 14th Indiana wrote in a letter home ... in their book “They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War.” “When viewed against the backdrop ...
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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America
Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with Mercy Street's historical consultants to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Anya Jabour, Ph.D., has been teaching and researching the history of women ...
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CIVIL WAR
In his famous 1858 speech, Abraham Lincoln warned that only civil war would resolve the issue of slavery in the U.S. He wasn’t wrong. An anonymous letter supposedly from a member of a secret ...
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Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil War ... Black women were not allowed to officially enlist as soldiers or ...
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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America
Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with Mercy Street's historical consultants to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Anya Jabour, Ph.D., has been teaching and researching the history of women ...