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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Re-enactor decides to hang up the kepi
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After 20 years re-enacting, Rosario Roberts of Los Molinos, Calif., is giving up salt pork and hardtack. His organization, Re-enactors of th...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Lowcountry events include Port Royal
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Lowcountry residents and visitors will have a chance to see Civil War history come to life in December on Hilton Head Island. Historians and...
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Excavating bombproof in Virginia
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To mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, researchers at Historic Jamestowne in Virginia are excavating a shelter on the island that w...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Higher estimate for number of war dead
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An analysis of historic census figures reveals the death toll in the U.S. Civil War was higher than previously estimated, a historian says....
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Historic Fort Monroe closes -- for now
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Fort Monroe, located at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, was officially closed by the U.S. Army and handed over to the state. Si...
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