Civil War

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Preservationists have criticized the plan as disrupting a sacred sightline between the memorials to Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, designed as a statement of unity after the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The emigrant ship is one of many familiar images from Irish history that surface throughout Ms. O’Farrell’s saga, which largely spans the period from 1865 to after the Irish Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

For the proud sons of two Royal Navy sailors caught up in one of the most notorious incidents of the Chinese Civil War there was only one mission - to have those involved publicly honoured.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

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 greatest wave of immigration the world has ever known engulfed America between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler