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This Georgia Prison Camp Killed More Union Soldiers Than Most Civil War Battles
Captain Henry Wirz thought he was just running another Confederate prison camp. Instead, he became the only Civil War soldier ...
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The Slave Who Hijacked a Confederate Warship & Became the First Black Captain in the US Navy
In 1863, Smalls became captain of the Planter, the first Black man to command a United States vessel. He held this position ...
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Why There’s No White Castle in Wichita, Kansas — Even Though It Was Born There
The first White Castle opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, selling five-cent hamburgers that changed American fast food ...