The commander of the naval force, Captain Fox, had hoped to move the soldiers to Sumter in small boats.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Now,we probably most often think of doughboys as the soldiers who fought for the Allies in World War One.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

The soldiers without spleens were two times as likely to die of heart disease as the soldiers who still had their spleens.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Some of the soldiers left the road to pick fruits and berries from bushes along the way.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

one of the soldiers said to Smith. "You'll never be able to walk all those miles with that heavy pack on your back."

VOA: special.2009.12.12

The government later expanded the house and used the land to build the Soldiers' Home for veterans.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

The soldiers remembered that South Carolina had been the first state to rebel and leave the Union.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

The actor fell. Some of the soldiers ran to the burning barn and pulled him out.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

They forced the soldiers to stop for the winter before reaching the Salt Lake Valley.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

But the cheering died when the soldiers saw the pain and sorrow in Lee's face.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

He also wanted to prevent the soldiers in Jackson from joining the soldiers in Vicksburg.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

It put the Confederate states in the position of fighting for slavery -- even though most of the soldiers were too poor to own slaves.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

The soldiers there once asked him why he went out into Apache country every day.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Troops were stationed at the Soldiers' Home to protect President Lincoln during the war.

VOA: special.2010.05.10