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Saturday, October 31, 2015

More names added to database of prisoners held at Camp Lawton in Georgia

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A former POW made his living as a musician A n online database of Union soldiers held for about six weeks at a prison in Georgia has ...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Civil War Trust photo contest winners

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A moody photo of the Chancellorsville battlefield in Virginia is the grand prize-winner in the 2015 Civil War Trust photo contest. A dozen ...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Dumped by Sherman? Utility soon to resume removing 'metallic' objects from S.C. river

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Burning of Columbia, Feb. 1865 (William Waud, Library of Congress) Historic flooding earlier this month in Columbia, South Carolina, pu...
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Friday, October 23, 2015

Q&A: CSS Georgia archaeologist details surprises, disappointments, discoveries

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Julie Morgan with casemate portion (USACE) The Civil War Picket this week spoke with Julie Morgan, archaeologist for the U.S. Army Co...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Remembering war's chaplain assistants

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To mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The National Civil War Chaplains Museum at Liberty University in Virginia has added two rel...
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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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