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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Longstreet Society seminar at Manassas

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Some of you may recall the Picket's two-part report on Confederate Gen. James Longstreet, who spent his last years in Gainesville, Ga. ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Dressmaker strives for authenticity

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In addition to those she sews for others, Ellyn Painter has made herself more than a dozen dresses and several ball gowns. The Michigan woma...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

New quarter features USS Cairo

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Vicksburg National Military Park on Aug. 30 will unveil the "America the Beautiful" Vicksburg quarter. The coin features the USS ...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Gettysburg removes non-historic structures

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Gettysburg National Military Park is demolishing 10 non-historic structures, many of them old homes, on parcels obtained within the battlefi...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Happy birthday! Picket turns 2

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Two years ago today, barely understanding the technology, I posted my first Civil War Picket blog item -- on the re-enactment of the Battle ...
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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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