Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

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“This battle ... 1861 so they couldn’t vote for secession. “We can never win,” sighs Vaise, who volunteered at the fort as a teenager and has been an employee since 1994. “The Civil War ...

Thaddeus Lowe, who once worked for President Lincoln doing aerial reconnaissance work, eventually came to Pasadena to ...