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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Posters were vivid calls to arms

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Like the posters in later wars, those employed by the Union and Confederacy used patriotic effigies such as Lady Liberty to entice recruits...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Brown's action sent shock waves

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Tony Horwitz, an award-winning author, tells the story of John Brown in his new book, "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Road that Sp...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Longstreet Society yard sale Saturday

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Here's another timely item on the Longstreet Society, which operates from an historic building in Gainesville, Ga. The Piedmont Hotel i...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Remembering Battle of Port Royal

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Port Royal Plantation is hosting a community commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Port Royal from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Longstreet Society seminar held on bloodied ground of Manassas

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The Gainesville, Ga.-based Longstreet Society earlier this month visited Manassas National Battlefield Park, scene of the general's crus...
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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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