News on United Stateshttp://americancivilwarinfo.com/topic/united-states2011-07-24T01:30:06ZCivil War comes back to life on Virginia battlefield2011-07-24T01:30:06ZAFP Global Editiontag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-07-24:/civil-war-life-virginia-battlefield-4810555a/<div><p>The cannons boomed and the guns flared as the mists of times parted, and north and south squared off again on a <a title="Virginia" href="/topic/Virginia" >Virginia</a> field in a living reminder of the first major battle of the Civil War.</p><p>"We know the war is over," said <span><a title="Ron Miller" href="/topic/Ron+Miller" >Ron Miller</a></span>, proudly attired in the uniform of the southern Confederacy, which went on to win this battle 150 years ago, though not ultimately the war...African American Civil War Museum gets new home2011-07-18T21:30:12ZAFP Global Editiontag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-07-18:/african-american-civil-war-museum-new-home-4808340a/<div><p>With a fife and drum band playing Yankee Doodle and civil war re-enactors sweltering in the summer sun, a museum honoring the contribution of African Americans in the US Civil War moved into its new home in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a> Monday.</p><p>"It is finally finished, a great new 5,000 square foot (465 square meters) <a title="African American Civil War Museum" href="/topic/African+American+Civil+War+Museum" >African American Civil War Mu...North Carolina city honors black Civil War soldiers2011-06-02T16:30:08ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-06-02:/north-carolina-city-honors-black-civil-war-soldiers-4788860a/<div><p><span><a title="Wilmington" href="/topic/Wilmington" >WILMINGTON</a></span>, <a title="North Carolina" href="/topic/North+Carolina" >North Carolina</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Hundreds of African-American Union soldiers buried in the National Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina, after the Civil War were honored Thursday with a state highway historical marker.</p><p>Many of the "<span><a title="United States" href="/top...The unlikely US Civil War buff: Australia's envoy2011-05-15T18:30:30ZAFP American Editiontag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-05-15:/civil-war-buff-australias-envoy-4781082a/<div><p>He owns a musket and a flask carried by soldiers in the US Civil War and has journeyed five times to <a title="Gettysburg" href="/topic/Gettysburg" >Gettysburg</a> to explore the conflict's most iconic battlefield.</p><p>But this enthusiast for all things Civil War is not one of the legions of Americans who remain passionate over their country's 1861-1865 bloodletting. He is <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>'s ambassador to the <span><a title="United States" hre...US marks 150th anniversary of start of Civil War2011-04-12T04:30:20ZAFP American Editiontag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-04-12:/marks-150th-anniversary-start-civil-war-4766564a/<div><p>Americans on Tuesday mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the US Civil War, a bloody conflict that historians say still deeply influences the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a>. </p><p>"The Civil War is one of the most significant events in American history in terms of the way the American nation was defined," said <span>William Link</span>, a historian at the <span><a title="University of Florida" href="/topic/University+of+Florida" >University...Russia honors freedom of serfs, American slaves2011-02-25T03:00:17ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-02-25:/russia-honors-freedom-serfs-american-slaves-4746856a/<div><p><span><a title="Moscow" href="/topic/Moscow" >MOSCOW</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - They wrote letters to each other, were both assassinated in public, and led separate campaigns to free large swathes of their countrymen.</p><p>Czar Alexander II and <span>President <a title="Abraham Lincoln" href="/topic/Abraham+Lincoln" >Abraham Lincoln</a></span> now share the spotlight in a new exhibit, which <a title="Russia...Civil War's 150th anniversary stirs debate on race2010-12-10T11:30:33ZAP Newstag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2010-12-10:/civil-wars-150th-anniversary-stirs-debate-race-4710409a/<div id="subtitle">Blue and shades of gray: Civil War's 150th anniversary stirs debate on the role of slavery</div><div><p>At <span>South Carolina</span>'s Secession Gala, men in frock coats and militia uniforms and women in hoopskirts will sip mint juleps as a band called Unreconstructed plays "Dixie." In <span>Georgia</span>, they will re-enact the state's 1861 secession convention. 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101tag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2010-11-29:/beautiful-barnegat-lighthouse-long-beach-island-new-jersey-4443392a/...South Korea Koreas Clash2011-01-05T01:31:08ZAP Newstag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-01-05:/photo/south-korea-koreas-clash-2406227p/South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >U.S.</a> special envoy on <a title="North Korea" href="/topic/North+Korea" >North Korea</a>, <a title="Stephen Bosworth" href="/topic/Stephen+Bosworth" >Stephen Bosworth</a> before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in <a title="Seoul" href="/topic/Seoul" >Seoul</a> Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)<div id="copyright"><div>
Copyright 2011...Hawks Kings Basketball2011-01-04T22:01:19ZAP Newstag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-01-04:/photo/hawks-kings-basketball-2406196p/<a title="Sacramento Kings" href="/topic/Sacramento+Kings" >Sacramento Kings</a> forward <a title="Carl Landry" href="/topic/Carl+Landry" >Carl Landry</a>, center, goes to the basket against <a title="Atlanta Hawks" href="/topic/Atlanta+Hawks" >Atlanta Hawks</a> forward <a title="Al Horford" href="/topic/Al+Horford" >Al Horford</a>, right, as Hawks center <a title="Zaza Pachulia" href="/topic/Zaza+Pachulia" >Zaza Pachulia</a>, left, of <a title="Republic of Georgia" href="/topic/Republic+of+Geor...Blue Jackets Coyotes Hockey2011-01-04T21:01:31ZAP Newstag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-01-04:/photo/blue-jackets-coyotes-hockey-2406172p/<a title="Columbus Blue Jackets" href="/topic/Columbus+Blue+Jackets" >Columbus Blue Jackets</a>' <a title="R.J. Umberger" href="/topic/R.J.+Umberger" >R.J. Umberger</a> (18) scores a goal against <a title="Phoenix Coyotes" href="/topic/Phoenix+Coyotes" >Phoenix Coyotes</a>' <a title="Ilya Bryzgalov" href="/topic/Ilya+Bryzgalov" >Ilya Bryzgalov</a>, of <a title="Russia" href="/topic/Russia" >Russia</a>, during the second period of an <a title="National Hockey League" href="/topic/National+Hockey+...Ohio St Iowa Basketball2011-01-04T20:31:37ZAP Newstag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-01-04:/photo/ohio-st-iowa-basketball-2406157p/<a title="Ohio State Buckeyes (Basketball)" href="/topic/Ohio+State+Buckeyes+(Basketball)" >Ohio State</a> forward <a title="Jared Sullinger" href="/topic/Jared+Sullinger" >Jared Sullinger</a>, left, shoots over <a title="Iowa" href="/topic/Iowa" >Iowa</a> forward <a title="Andrew Brommer" href="/topic/Andrew+Brommer" >Andrew Brommer</a> during the first half of an <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" >NCAA</a> college basketb...Archdiocese Bankruptcy2011-01-04T16:30:52ZAP Newstag:americancivilwarinfo.com,2011-01-04:/photo/archdiocese-bankruptcy-2406091p/<a title="Jerome Listecki" href="/topic/Jerome+Listecki" >Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki</a> answers questions at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in St. Francis, <a title="Wisconsin" href="/topic/Wisconsin" >Wis.</a> Listecki said the <a title="Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee" href="/topic/Catholic+Archdiocese+of+Milwaukee" >Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee</a> is directing its attorneys to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying that pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it w...