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A H Stephens - Vice President of the Confederacy
Taliaferro County, Georgia
Battles at Brice's Crossroads & Tupelo
Lee County, Mississippi
Birthplace of Juneteenth
Galveston, Texas
Brownsville & Matamoros - The History of Two Border Towns
Brownsville, Texas
Civil War Navies
Columbus, Georgia
Custer Before the Little Bighorn
Monroe, Michigan
Father Corby at Gettysburg
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
Fort Defiance
Clarksville, Tennessee
Fort Snelling & the First MN Regiment
Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory, Minnesota
Fort Sumter
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Fort Union & The Civil War in the West
Mora County, New Mexico
Historic Ft. Snelling & the First MN Regiment
Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory, Minnesota
Lincoln at the Gettysburg Train Depot
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Natchez Before & After the War
Natchez, Mississippi
The Castillo de San Marcos
Saint Augustine, Florida
The Chain Across the River
Hickman County, Kentucky
The Final Duel
San Francisco, California
The Great Locomotive Chase
Atlanta, Georgia
The Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Lincoln's Tomb
Springfield, Illinois
Who Is Mary Todd Lincoln?
Lexington, Kentucky
The Battle at Petersburg
Prince George County, Virginia
Centuries of History at Arkansas Post
Arkansas County, Arkansas
George Meade- The Forgotten Victor
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
John Burns Isn't Too Old to Fight
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
Pickett Makes His Charge
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
The Fort Overlooking the City
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Battle of the Hemp Bales
Lafayette County, Missouri
The Price Paid at Bloody Lane
Washington County, Maryland
Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead
Baldwin County, Alabama
The Fight at Kansas' First Capital
Geary County, Kansas
The Fight to Stay in the Union
Savannah, Missouri
The President After Lincoln
Raleigh, North Carolina
Replacing Horses with Camels
Crockett County, Texas
Mendenhall Homeplace - A Place Toward Freedom
Guilford County, North Carolina
The Most Memorable Tour
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Tobacco, Taps & a 400 Year Old Farm
Charles City County, Virginia
Professor Stonewall Jackson
Lexington, Virginia
The Real Story of Civil War Medicine
Frederick, Maryland
Osawatamie John Brown
Miami County, Kansas
President Lincoln's Yard Sale - Heading to the White House
Springfield, Illinois
Battle of Cedar Creek
Frederick County, Virginia
Belle Grove Plantation
Frederick County, Virginia
Defeating the Confederates in the West
San Miguel County, New Mexico
The Story of President Franklin Pierce
Concord, New Hampshire
Lew Wallace & Ben Hur
Crawfordsville, Indiana
Shelby's Raiders & the Courthouse Records
Stockton, Missouri
The Priest Who Took His Case to the Supreme Court
Pike County, Missouri
David Waldo and the Money Under His Skirt
Kansas City, Missouri
Jefferson Davis' Capture & Life After the Confederacy
Fitzgerald, Georgia
Fort Pulaski & the First Emancipation Proclamation
Savannah, Georgia
The Adamantine Guard
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Fort Jefferson & the Dry Tortugas
Monroe County, Florida
Arming a New Nation
Springfield, Massachusetts
The Civil War Christian Commission
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Lonely Fort with "Galvanized" Soldiers
Pawnee County, Kansas
Musket to Machine Guns - Springfield Armory
Springfield, Massachusetts
Caring for Civil War Vets
Higginsville, Missouri
What Jesse James Returned After the Robbery
Lafayette County, Missouri
The Civil War Swedes of Sycamore
Sycamore, Illinois
The Old Stagecoach Stop
Waynesville, Missouri
How the Historical Society Got Its Home
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville and the Civil War
Fayetteville, Arkansas
The 150 Year Old Donut
Miles City, Montana
When Engineers Ran Out of Names - Fort D
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
VMI Cadets at the Battle in New Market
New Market, Virginia
The Cannonball House
Macon, Georgia
Grant & Lee at Appomattox
Appomattox County, Virginia
The Colfax Massacre
Grant Parish, Louisiana
How Cinco de Mayo Became a Major U.S. Celebration
Tuolumne County, California
John Brown's Raid & the Civil War
Jefferson County, West Virginia
Birthplace of the Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Tuolumne County, California
The Sultana Tragedy
Marion, Arkansas
Clara Barton & the Red Cross
Montgomery County, Maryland
Lincoln's Target Practice with a Spencer Rifle
Springfield, Illinois
Remembering the Sultana
Marion, Arkansas
You Must Marry a Girl Named "Sarah" - Rippavilla Plantation
Spring Hill, Tennessee
The Struggle for Freedom at Camp Nelson
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Camp Nelson National Monument
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Unraveling the Feud Between the Hatfields and the McCoys
Pikeville, Kentucky