Sunday, November 1, 2026

Perdido Key's Fort McRee is long gone. But the shifting sand at a federal seashore in Florida continues to serve up Civil War cannonballs, including 157 just this year

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Some of the mortars found in February in the vicinity of Fort McRee (Michael Lockman/NPS) You can forget about seeing any visible signs of F...
Friday, October 30, 2026

A reenactor wanted a monument put up to recall the service of his ancestor's Union brigade. John Fritz, who lives 1,700 miles away, bought 3 acres at Resaca

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From left, John Fritz, Jake Boling and Robert Jenkins with installed monument near Resaca (Bob Jenkins) Wherever the 105 th Illinois Infant...
Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Vince Dooley, college football coaching great, cared deeply about Civil War battle sites. Two grants in his name will help save 303 acres at Resaca in NW Georgia

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Coach Vince Dooley (Picket photo) and scenes of acquired land (ABT and Blue and Gray Education Society) College football coaching great Vinc...
Monday, October 26, 2026

Burial scheduled: Third Union soldier discovered in Second Manassas surgeon's limb pit will be interred will full military honors at Arlington on Nov. 4

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At far right, the graves of two Federal soldiers buried at Arlington in 2018 (Picket photo) An unknown Civil War soldier whose remains were...
Sunday, October 25, 2026

An alligator was the mascot of the steamboat Sultana, which caught fire, killing hundreds of Civil War soldiers. A new museum in Marion, Ark., is confident kids will sink their teeth into the story of the beast and one lucky passenger

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Alligator curious made for or by soldier William Lugenbeal, plush gators in the museum gift shop Kids coming to the revamped Sultana Disaste...