In fact,much of what historians know about the president's time at the house is from stories told by those soldiers.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

On May thirtieth, eighteen sixty-eight, flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

After the Spanish soldiers defeated the Aztec empire, they were able to seize the supplies of cacao and send them home.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

President Abraham Lincoln asked the states of the Union for seventy-five thousand soldiers to help end the southern rebellion.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Late in May, one hundred fifty thousand Union soldiers, representing every one of the Union armies, came to Washington.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

He attended the opening of a new burial place for the Union soldiers who had died in the great battle there.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The Southern Confederate soldiers are shown forced under the feet of the horses, while the horsemen hold their swords high.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

At that time,researchers studied more than seven hundred American soldiers who had had their spleens removed because of battle injuries.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

He was dressed simply. His clothes were the same as those worn by the lowest soldiers in his army.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

But first,we tell about a new organization that is finding homes for animals and helping American soldiers at the same time.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Confederate leaders ordered the attack after President Abraham Lincoln refused to withdraw the small force of American soldiers at Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Three men -- Russell,Majors,and Waddell formed a transportation company in eighteen fifty-five to carry government supplies to soldiers in the West.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

He believed slaves could be made into good soldiers if they believed they had an interest in Confederate victory.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

A group of one thousand soldiers went to Harpers Ferry,Virginia, where the Union army had a gun factory and arsenal.

VOA: special.2009.08.20