The tattered American flag that the men of Cape Island took to war in 1861 tells the story of a divided nation. In the bottom left corner is a patch, probably sewn by a man in Company A of the…
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New Jersey, Ocean County Played Their Parts in the Civil War
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“As Lincoln might say, it is ‘altogether fitting and proper’ that we discuss the Civil War today,” Read Entire Article
Re-enactors portray Jews of the Civil War
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At a time when there were only 150,000 Jews in the United States, 10,000 Jewish men fought in the Civil War. That 6,000 took up arms for the Union Army and 4,000 for the Confederacy surprises some, said Civil War…