Nearly a century after young Edwin Halsey’s prank almost sparked a civil war, gunpowder […]
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First Round at Fort Sumter
Everybody knows what happened at Charleston in April 1861, but the war was nearly started a month earlier—by mistake.
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Lee’s Last Ditch Effort
His army was crumbling and the Yankees were everywhere. Could one more gamble work? […]
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Cease Fire: Lincoln On Death
Abraham Lincoln might not have believed in ghosts and spirits, or even known of […]
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Field Notes- America’s Civil War March 2015
Cushing’s Medal of Honor awarded More than 151 years after his heroic actions during […]
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Daily Quiz for January 27, 2017
Famed gunfighter John Henry “Doc” Holliday killed this many men during his career.
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Book Review: Embattled Capital- Frankfort Kentucky in the Civil War
Embattled Capital: Frankfort Kentucky in the Civil War By James M. Prichard Frankfort Heritage […]
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Book Review: ‘Stand to It and Give Them Hell’
‘Stand to It and Give Them Hell’: Gettysburg as the Soldiers Experienced It From […]
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Book Review: A Broken Regiment- The 16th Connecticut’s Civil War
A Broken Regiment: The 16th Connecticut’s Civil War By Lesley J. Gordon Louisiana State […]
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Author Lesley Poling-Kempes
The New Mexico transplant writes about four women who slipped the shackles of Victorian convention