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Thursday, September 17, 2020

Remembering Ed Bearss: Marine veteran, Civil War historian, author, speaker and one-of-a-kind Pied Piper of the battlefield

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Bearss at Allatoona Pass, Ga., in 2010 (Georgia Battlefields Association) Whether leading a battlefield tour, giving a lecture or appearing ...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

'Doc' Holliday's father and adopted brother served during the Civil War. Here's the Georgia city where the Western gunfighter's legend began

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Did John Henry “Doc” Holliday kill nearly a dozen men, or perhaps only a few? Was Holliday’s tuberculosis contracted from his mother? Was...
Sunday, September 6, 2020

He wants to reunite photo of Indiana soldier with descendants

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A California resident is trying to find a new home for a photo with southern Indiana connections. Dan Fahey, who lives in Berkeley, is the o...
Friday, August 21, 2020

Vermont town debates whether to change Colonels name at school

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Sixteen years after retiring a longtime “Pride of the South” Confederate mascot, Brattleboro Union High School in Vermont hopes to quell a p...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Cannonballs galore: They were turning earth for condos in Pittsburgh and came across cannonballs at site of Union arsenal. A lot of it.

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Dozens of artillery rounds at site (Pittsburgh Police Facebook post) A construction crew building condominiums in Pittsburgh last m...
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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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