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Friday, March 31, 2017

At Resaca battle site in north Georgia, they come for scenery, history -- and ghosts

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Some come for the two scenic trails, one of which includes an inviting meadow and flitting birds. Others come for the history, to see w...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Fort Pulaski took a beating from Hurricane Matthew, but worked hard to bounce back

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Water poured in from flooded dike system (NPS photo) Saturday’s Park Day – a nationwide service project organized by the Civil War Tr...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Learn more about Ala. town, Union POWs

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Old Cahawba in Alabama is offering an April 1 walking tour of the park, looking at the impact the Civil War, including the Battle of Selma,...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Where eagles dare: Well-preserved Virginia site to tell story of Potomac blockade

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Remains of gun batteries (Courtesy of Prince William County, Va.) While Confederate artillery batteries erected below Washington, D.C. h...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Photo found of Federal drummer boy

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A cemetery in upstate New York where a Civil War veteran known as "Albany's Little Drummer Boy" is buried has received the on...
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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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