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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Put yourself in his boots: See if you have what it takes to lead a Civil War army

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Generals had to excel in organizing and leading armies (LOC) Your men are dog tired from an overnight 12-mile march. A subordinate i...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Upcoming film marks valor of VMI cadets

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Field of Lost Shoes (Mark Wilson, Wikipedia) A movie about the May 1864 Battle of New Market may make its debut in Richmond, Va., next...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Cushing Medal of Honor effort wins battle

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The push to have a Wisconsin soldier who made a valiant last stand at Gettysburg receive the nation’s highest military decoration got impetu...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Rare crate of Civil War Enfield rifles yields picture of daring Civil War blockade runners

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Enfield rifles prepared for display (Georgia DNR) • See July 2022 update on rifles The carefully constructed box of British-mad...
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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Your chance to adopt a cannon in Charleston

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A nonprofit group is urging people to lend a hand to help conserve pieces of history: the guns at the South Carolina forts where the Civil ...
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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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