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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Inaugural Battle of the Sipsey

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Two-day event in Fayette, Ala., this weekend commemorates April 1865 battle. The Confederate cavalry held the contested fields in at the end...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Of rocket launchers and engineers

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The scene reminded me of the time I wore cutoffs and a Hawaiian shirt to a debutante party. She, too, seemed out of place, an attention-gett...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Louisiana Tigers and Gettysburg

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Southern Bookman blogger Louis Mayeux conducts a Q&A with author Scott L. Mingus Sr., whose book concentrates on the Louisiana unit'...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Video: Watch the flying kettle corn!

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Sutler Billy Shealy of South Carolina offered Ole Tyme Kettle Corn at the Battle of Aiken on Feb. 20, 2010. A couple assistants cook up a bi...

Paintball players re-enact Antietam

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A group of history buffs and paintball enthusiasts took over a paintball park in Oroville, Calif., to reenact the famous Civil War battle of...
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Fascinated by the Civil War since childhood, I used to terrorize my children by dragging them to battlefields across the South. I am a writer, editor and Web producer.
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