Another Confederate general has been put out to pasture, this time replaced by a pioneering female surgeon who won a Medal of Honor for treating Union troops and was briefly a prisoner of war in the rebels’ hands.
The Pentagon on Friday officially renamed Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill as Fort Walker, the latest in a string of moves to scrub the military of forts, memorials and other markers commemorating those who fought for the Southern cause in the Civil War.
Hill was fatally shot by Union forces in the fighting around Petersburg, Virginia, in April 1865, just seven days before Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union commander Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Walker spent four months as a prisoner of war in Richmond after being captured by Southern forces in 1864, before being released in a prisoner exchange.
Argentina Últimas Noticias, Argentina Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill renamed Fort Walker in push to remove Confederate symbolsVirginia’s Fort A.P. Hill was officially redesignated Fort Walker during a ceremony on the base on Friday in a push to remove symbols of the Confederacy.
Leer más »
Rasheeda Frost says pal Cynthia Bailey is ‘really happy’ after Mike Hill divorce“We got to talk about all that,” Frost tells Page Six, teasing that her interview with Bailey for “Boss Moves with Rasheeda” covers the public split.
Leer más »
Tim McGraw Revealed He ‘Would’ve Died’ If He Didn’t Marry Faith HillThey’re too cute.
Leer más »
Dismantling of Fort Greely's long-mothballed nuclear plant to resumeThe plant's most highly radioactive components were removed after it was shut down in 1972.
Leer más »