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Civil War news, preservation, interviews, archaeology and more
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Mary Surratt, convicted in the Lincoln conspiracy, was executed on a hot July day in 1865. Her conserved bonnet is still a curiosity at a Georgia museum
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Bonnet before (left) and after conservation (Drummer Boy Civil War Museum) Many visitors to the Drummer Boy Civil War Museum in Andersonvill...
Sunday, July 3, 2022
Ruff's Mill: Archaeological report on July 4, 1864, battle in Ga. urges preservation, education opportunities about soldiers, slaves and citizens
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Field work was conducted in late 2020; here artillery item (Lamar Institute) A growing and diverse suburb of Atlanta should be thinking of h...
Friday, July 1, 2022
Percussion caps and friction primers: Q&A on students in Georgia who found evidence of wild cavalry chase, valiant rearguard stand
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Big Buchkead Church, percussion cap (top right) and artillery primer (Camp Lawton project) Members of the archaeology program at Georgia So...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Ohio community near Cleveland hopes to rebuild a 120-year-old Civil War monument crushed by a tractor trailer
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The so-called Sherman statue before Tuesday's accident (Village of LaGrange) Updated July 7 : A rural community in northern Ohio hopes t...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Monument to USCT dedicated in Tenn. city that was a recruitment center
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A monument to U.S. Colored Troops was unveiled at Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center in Clarksville, Tenn. Hundreds gather...
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