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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
America's banjo: The Civil War, minstrel shows, ragtime and popularity today. It's a complicated and compelling story
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Union cavalryman did double duty (Library of Congress) Pick up an old-time, five-string banjo and take a close look. Notice the wood...
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Monday, March 10, 2014
Search for CSS Neuse debris delayed
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The high-tech search for long-missing pieces of a Civil War ironclad will have to wait a few more days, after high water on the Neuse River...
Thursday, March 6, 2014
General's letters donated to hometown
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A collection of letters written by a famous Civil War general is being donated to his western New York hometown. The Daily News of Batavia...
Monday, March 3, 2014
This weekend at Andersonville: A chance to hear voices of prisoners and guards
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One hundred and fifty years ago this week, weary and worried Federal prisoners, after a long train ride from Virginia and a short march fr...
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Raising of CSS Georgia: Project update
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(USACE, Savannah) Plans for the raising the wreckage of the Confederate ironclad CSS Georgia are continuing in Savannah, with the recov...
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