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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Picket exclusive: 20 artifacts from the CSS Georgia are now on display at the National Civil War Naval Museum. Read all about them!

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6-pounder gun, partial anchor, bottle top (National Civil War Naval Museum) Serving on the Confederate ironclad CSS Georgia wasn’t a peach o...
Monday, May 30, 2022

Heg descendants help rededicate statue damaged during protests

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The Col. Hans Christian Heg statue was officially rededicated to the people of Wisconsin during a special ceremony on Sunday at the Capitol....
Thursday, May 19, 2022

Civil War encampment, re-enactment is set for June in Michigan

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History will come alive in Northern Michigan this summer. Wellington Farm, a 60-acre living history museum in Grayling, will open for the se...
Sunday, May 8, 2022

CSS Georgia: Navy sends batch of ironclad artifacts pulled from Savannah River to National Civil War Naval Museum for display

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CSS Georgia propeller is raised from Savannah River in 2015 (Dept. of Defense) Updated May 18: The National Civil War Naval Museum has rece...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Remembering the versatile and passionate Ed Bearss: The public is invited to June celebration of life in Gettysburg

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Bearss and former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley (Georgia Battlefields Assn.) The public is invited to Gettysburg, Pa., f...
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