Pennsylvania Monument

The Union forces were under the name of the Army of Northern Virginia. Men came from all over the northeast to join the Virginia men. I haven't quite figured out why other than that they wanted the "Union" to stay in tact.

Gettysburg

July 21st 2010
Several years ago a Houston doctor came to make a presentation to the Bellville Historical Society on “Medicine during the Civil War.” The official number of the men who died during that conflict is 620+ thousand, but the doctor figured the number was closer to 700,000 when the men who left the battlefield and headed home with injuries that resulted in septicemia and death were taken into acc ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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