Civil War

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The holiday was formalized through an order issued by prominent Civil War general John Alexander Logan External link in 1868.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

The origins of Memorial Day date back to 1868, when Civil War soldiers on the Union side decorated the graves of the war dead with flowers.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

President Abraham Lincoln cycled through five commanding generals during the Civil War, and dozens of generals were retired or relieved of command during World War II.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

To conclude that partisan divisions negate racial divisions would be to assume that even the Civil War had nothing to do with race.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

But Civil War doctors didn't know that infection-causing bacteria even existed.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow