Sara gets a taste of military life in Charleston
Charleston is a city steeped in military history, from the beginning of the Civil War at Fort Sumter to the Medal of Honor museum on the USS Yorktown. TODAY’s Sara Haines gets to know some of the men and women serving in the military today at Joint Base Charleston.
Astronomer Sleuths Solve Civil War Mystery of 'Stonewall' Jackson's Death
This story was updated on May 2 at 6 p.m. ET. Thanks to astronomy, the 19th century mystery surrounding the death of Confederate general "Stonewall" Jackson during the Civil War may finally be solved. Full story
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19th Century Era2. John C. Calhoun (19th), D/D-R/Nullifier, South Carolina, 1782-1850: During the debates over slavery before the Civil War, there was no bigger and notable champion of states’ rights than John C. Calhoun, who preached under his doctrine of nullification t … Full story
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More than 150 years later, Civil War sailors buried at Arlington
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Rove’s civil war may only embolden Tea Party
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History of modern Western intervention in North Africa
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Family members grief at Oviedo cemetery in front of a memorial grave for Republicans killed during and after the 1936-1939 Spanish civil war, in Oviedo
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