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Coming Soon (May '24 Edition) - Scheduled for MAY 20241: • Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861 by Ryan Quint. • Wide Awake: The...
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Ohio Civil War show brings reenactors, vendors nationwide to Mansfield - Chillicothe Gazette - Ohio Civil War show brings reenactors, vendors nationwide to Mansfield Chillicothe Gazette6 hours ago
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2,000 faces of Antietam - Antietam on the Web achieved a milestone today – we now can show you faces of 2,000 of the participants in the Battle of Antietam. This is not far from 10...4 days ago
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Reaching for Equality - *Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.* For much of the 1900s, inexpensive entertainments lined Seventh and Ninth streets, from D to U Streets. Vaudev...1 week ago
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Disneyland Crowd Calendar 2023 - Welcome to your comprehensive guide to the Disneyland Crowd Calendar for 2023. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a seasoned Disney enthusiast, this ...1 month ago
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Elizabeth Blackwell, Botanical Illustrator - The eighteenth century proved to be the time for budding female botanists. Women were allowed to pursue the study of plants and encouraged in illustratio...7 months ago
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Notes on Digital Modeling - Conning tower of U.S.S. Cavalla (SS-244), as it appeared on her first war patrol in June 1944. In the 1950s Cavalla was refitted as a hunter-killer submari...7 months ago
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Faces of the 48th: Clay W. Evans--129th PA; Company G, 48th PA; and 1st Lt. 31st USCT - *Clay W. Evans* (Photographed in 1865 as Lieutenant, 31st USCT) *John D. Hoptak Collection* I always enjoy seeing a "new" face of the 48th, and just...
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Decoration Day and Memorial Day - We sometimes forget that today’s Memorial Day came directly from Decoration Day, which originated to honor the dead of the Civil War. There has been a grea...10 months ago
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The Artillery of Antietam - A lot of time has gone by since I published my last post. In that time a number of Antietam guides (myself included) and local community leaders in Sh...
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ACT UP holds its first action on Wall Street - On March 24, 1987, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) holds its first-ever demonstration on Wall Street—the world's financial center—targeting ph...1 year ago
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What Am I Even Doing Here? - So yeah, its been almost two years since I've posted on this blog. Holy cow. What prompted me to come here today? Well, you see, I was going through a l...1 year ago
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Writing Again About Lincoln - It's been far too long since I've posted any new content on my Abraham Lincoln Blog. In fact, one might say that it's been almost "forever" in terms of ...
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Welcome to Amerident Group Dental - Amerident Group Dental is committed to providing each patient with an exceptional level of care and attention. Our dedicated staff works together as a team...4 years ago
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The Free State of Southwest Virginia - Hattaway and Beringer mention The Free State of Southwest Virginia in their Jefferson Davis book but I can find no trace of it on the WWW or elsewhere. Thi...5 years ago
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A Battlefield Monument at New Market Heights: The Time Has Come - In the epilogue to my first book, The Battle of New Market Heights: Freedom Will Be Theirs By The Sword, I wrote the following: If the…commemoration of the...5 years ago
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Interesting coverage of cavalry actions during the Tullahoma Campaign - The following article, by a correspondent embedded with the Army of the Cumberland’s Cavalry Corps, appeared on page four of the July 8, 1863 issue of *T...5 years ago
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War Department Papers Captured in Charlotte - Post-war image of the Mecklenburg County Courthouse To my knowledge (limited, I know), there has only been one article ever written on Confederate W...
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Fortifications at Fort Blunt - Several weeks ago, I received the latest edition of *The Chronicles of Oklahoma *and was pleased to see an article about "Fort Blunt Civil War Fortificatio...6 years ago
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Capt. E.D. Booker, Quartermaster and (Robert?) Rice - I found a fascinating letter in some old family papers, and I am trying to track down who these people are and what may have happened to them. Here are the...7 years ago
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Newspaper Article Listing Black Union Soldiers Found in Freedmen's Bureau Papers - In July 1867, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands also known as the Freedmen's Bureau, served communities in several fields offices in...
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Dec 06, 2016 - V105.5 Caroling Contest - The V105.5 Caroling Contest will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Vicksburg Convention Center, 1600 Mulberry Street. For more information call the VCC office at 601-...7 years ago
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Re: [MS Cemeteries] =?utf-8?q?Yazoo_City=2C_MS_USA?= - [1]ancestry This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author:Â kegs640 Surnames:Â Classification:Â queries Message Board:Â [2...7 years ago
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August 21, 1861: "$100 reward" - The outbreak of war made escape easier for Southern slaves. Before the war, escaping slaves were not completely safe until they reached Canada. Even if a s...7 years ago
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[MISSISSIPPI] Hand picked for you - Unable to display full message. You can view it by clicking [here](http://df38214ede57f8987b5.72b594e53b35125c9727.67008b43f8a70b98ba8aa9.ssl-mmsg.com/?qamx...8 years ago
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The Rout of the Confederate Flag - As surely you already know, in the wake of the murder of nine worshipers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, a pet...8 years ago
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New Discovery From the Hunley - THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 H.L. Hunley: Scientists peeling away crust on submarine marvel at its craftsmanship Scientists remove concretion (Photos courtesy...
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Mississippi Moonshine Politics: How Bootleggers and the Law Kept a Dry State Soaked - I'm pleased to announce that my new book, *Mississippi Moonshine Politics*, the story of state prohibition in Mississippi, will be released in March! Altho...9 years ago
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Uncle Thurman was a Gandy Dancer. . . - I came across a short film "Gandy Dancers" online that reminded me of my paternal uncle, Thurman Callen who retired from the railroad. Uncle Thurman was th...
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Confederate Memorial Day - On this day, April 26th, the state of Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day.13 years ago
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Civil War Drummer Boy Johnny Clem Takes Arms - In a previous post we learned of the circumastances under which young Johnnie clem left home in order to enlist and fight for the cause. What follows her...13 years ago
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Time Out - Please accept my apologies for the lack of recent posts. Now that tax season is officially over, I am hopeful that I can return to regular postings to this...15 years ago
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Augusta Inge - *My story is hospitality.* *I am Augusta Inge.* In April 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston made his headquarters in my home, Rose Cottage. I...15 years ago
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