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Friday, August 31, 2012

Telling story of 'hard luck' Minn. regiment

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A new book looks at a historical incident I've never read about. In November 1863, a group of soldiers from the Ninth Minnesota Volunte...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Trust rolls out app for Second Manassas

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The Civil War Trust, a battlefield preservation group, on Tuesday marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Second Manassas with the ...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Crowds remember Second Manassas

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Saturday, visitors sought out the fields around Manassas, searching for insight into the battle and marking its sesquicentennial. It was on...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Submerged relics could have new home

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Selma, Ala., has received a grant to study ways to protect weapons dumped into the Alabama River in the last days of the Civil War. Union tr...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Lecture: 'Blue Coats Under the Big Sky'

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After the Civil War, several Union generals went west to subdue and remove Indians, notably in the 1876-77 campaigns in Montana. "Batt...
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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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