From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to ...
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Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic
It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American ...
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North Carolina historians seek to help educators accurately teach about the Civil War
The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction is hosting a two-day symposium for educators in ...
MORE TO THE STORY: A Civil War hero in Stewart
Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...
Syrian Civil War: What led to the fall of the regime
In the words of Axios ‘ news director, the Syrian Civil War “changed everything,” leading to the climax of the Global War on ...
The Tariff Football And Income Tax History
We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue enabled revenue-destructive tariffs.