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Monday, December 8, 2014

Betrayal at Ebenezer Creek: Deaths of freed slaves in Georgia swamp drew outrage and had repercussions

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Ebenezer Creek in Effingham County, Ga. (The Trust for Public Land) A paddle through bald cypress and water tupelo in Georgia’s Ebenezer...
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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Recalling Sherman's arrival in Savannah

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Sherman's arrival on Dec. 21, 1864 (Library of Congress) The Massie Heritage Center in Georgia is commemorating the 150th anniv...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Are Yanks mixed with Rebs at cemetery?

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An amateur historian who was been researching biographies of those buried at Columbus (Ohio) Confederate Cemetery says at least seven grave...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Fallen heroes tree recalls large sacrifice of small, anti-slavery Ohio community

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(Robbins Hunter Museum) The village of Granville, in central Ohio, never saw a military draft during the Civil War because it exceede...
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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Confederate's diary donated to Pea Ridge

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Three descendants recently donated a Civil War diary to a battlefield park in Arkansas.  The diary was kept by Pvt.William Vaughan, who f...
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