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Thursday, July 6, 2017
Ole Miss to recognize slave labor
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The University of Mississippi said Thursday that it will post a sign acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus fou...
Monday, July 3, 2017
CSS Georgia: Large section of armor above the water for first time since 1864
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The west casemate, welded to a frame, is lifted from river. (USACE/Savannah) The largest surviving piece of a Confederate ironclad tha...
Friday, June 30, 2017
Fort Pulaski reopens: Savannah-area site weathered hurricane, and then a tornado
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One of the torn and smashed signs that were sent flying (NPS) Barely two months after Fort Pulaski National Monument returned to ful...
Thursday, June 29, 2017
At Pea Ridge battlefield, students search for structures, evidence of a hamlet's culture
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Student Madison Atchley and archaeologist Jerry Hilliard (U. of Ark.) University of Arkansas archaeology students learning excavation...
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Md. community recalls 1863 skirmish
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As bagpipes echoed throughout downtown Westminster, Md., residents who poked their heads out of their windows were greeted with the possibl...
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