Booknotes: Somewhere Toward Freedom
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New Arrival: • Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of
America's Largest Emancipation by Bennett Parten (Simon & Schuster, 2025).
Numero...
Dr R.T. Royston (c. 1855)
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It’s a shame about the condition of this daguerrotype – but at least we can
get a hint about what Dr. Robert T Royston looked like before the war. A
physic...
Legislative Forest
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*Oakland, Maryland.*
In April 2009, 500 Norway Spruce were planted in the area behind this sign,
in honor of the 188 members of the 2009 Maryland General As...
Disneyland Crowd Calendar 2023
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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 ...
Elizabeth Blackwell, Botanical Illustrator
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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...
Notes on Digital Modeling
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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...
Decoration Day and Memorial Day
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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...
ACT UP holds its first action on Wall Street
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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...
To Useful to Sacrifice
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There has been a great need for an objective analysis of the leadership of
General George B. McClellan during the Maryland Campaign. While Joseph
Harsh ...
Finished a Few Books (Two are "Must Have")
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I've been plowing through a lot of reading lately, trying to finish some
things up. The stack on my desk keeps getting taller, but I have made some
progres...
Civil War memes in Zamoyski's Napoleon, A Life
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I was startled by the number of Civil War history memes found in Adam
Zamoyski's Napoleon, A Life. Marches Recall a topic as trivial as the
length and dura...
New title available!
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I am proud to announce the release of my newest title, *Five or Ten Minutes
of Blind Confusion: The Battle of Aiken, South Carolina, February 11, 1865*.
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The Trump Administration & Camp Nelson
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I’d like to draw your attention to an article that was published this
morning over at The Guardian regarding the preservation efforts under way
at a place ...
War Department Papers Captured in Charlotte
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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...
[CIVIL-WAR] searching
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I am looking for a quarter master, possibly in North Carolina Regt, with
last name Merrill. Moved briefly to New Jersey after the war. had a man
slave with...
The Battle Flags of Minnesota
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All of Minnesota's Civil War units, with the exception of the 1st Minnesota
Infantry, served in either the Western Theater and/or in the
trans-Mississippi....
Capt. E.D. Booker, Quartermaster and (Robert?) Rice
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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...
Dec 06, 2016 - V105.5 Caroling Contest
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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-...
August 23, 1861: The Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut
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Mary Boykin Chesnut visited an army hospital on this day, 150 years ago.
August 23d. - A brother of Doctor Garnett has come fresh and straight from
Cambr...
[MISSISSIPPI] Hand picked for you
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The Rout of the Confederate Flag
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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...
New Discovery From the Hunley
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015
H.L. Hunley: Scientists peeling away crust on submarine marvel at its
craftsmanship
Scientists remove concretion (Photos courtesy...
Book Review: "I Am Abraham" by Jerome Charyn
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In time for the 205th birthday of Abraham Lincoln comes the latest work
from the prolific author, Jerome Charyn, a novel titled "I Am Abraham: A
Novel ...
Uncle Thurman was a Gandy Dancer. . .
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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...
Civil War Drummer Boy Johnny Clem Takes Arms
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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...
Time Out
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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...
Augusta Inge
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*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...
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