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How Women Enlisted as Men to Fight in the Civil War
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
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This Week in History: Feb. 10, 1961 – 100 years ago this week…in the Civil War
Sixty-four years ago, the Estes Park Trail, predecessor to the Estes Park Trail-Gazette, ran columns highlighting the ...
This Fort Worth native joined about 90 African Americans who fought in Spain’s civil war
Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...
Historic meeting in Illinois paved the way for Black citizens’ rights
Illinois struck down laws that kept free Black people from entering the state in 1865, a year after the Illinois Colored ...
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Pre-Civil War hotel in downtown Rockford could become $12M luxury apartments
On the corner of South Main and Elm Streets sits The Chick House, a former hotel that predates the Civil War and is one of the oldest buildings in Rockford. It may soon be ...
Illinois locked in legal battles with Trump administration over immigration policy
Illinois participated in one court battle with the Trump administration Thursday when a federal judge temporarily blocked ...