The Catholic University of America (CUA) did not yet exist during the time of the Civil War (1861-1865). However, the land that would eventually house CUA and the surrounding Brookland community experienced some of the war’s bitterness, though thankfully little in the way of bloodshed. On the northern end of the present CUA campus behind Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: Digital Footprints of Blue and Gray
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