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Civil War: A community waiting for an attack

Source: Parkersburg Sentinel, Nov 12 2012, 12:28am CST

In the last column we discussed the constant guerilla raids in the area and the constant threat of an invasion of Parkersburg. In fact, Parkersburg citizens developed paranoia about an attack. We have a soldier's letter in ...

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Preservation Group Wants To Save Civil War Battlefield

Source: Gadling  |   May 19 2013, 8:16am CDT

Wikimedia Commons "Cavalry Charge Near Brandy Station, Virginia," a drawing by Edwin Forbes, 1864 A preservation group is trying to protect the site of the largest cavalry battle in North America. The Civil War Trust has announced it has n ...

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Civil War

Source: OpPapers.com  |   May 18 2013, 10:34pm CDT

The American Civil war was one of the most important events in the nation's history. It began in 1861, where the free north and the slaveholding south engaged in several battles until 1865. Combined, the war claimed an estimated number of 750,000 sold ...

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Battle flags are centerpiece of Gettysburg show

Source: Miami Herald  |   May 17 2013, 11:17pm CDT

RICHMOND, Va. -- Among the swords, the wrenching letters home and the haunting photographs in the Museum of the Confederacy’s new exhibit on Gettysburg, few artifacts embody the ferocious battle more than the eight battle flags recovered from th ...

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Civil War Technology

Source: About.com: 19th Century History  |   May 17 2013, 6:47am CDT

The Civil War was fought at a time of great technological innovation, and new inventions, including the telegraph, the railroad, and even balloons, became part of the conflict. The first battle between ironclad warships occurre ...

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Ceremony to honor Civil War vets

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment  |   May 16 2013, 3:51am CDT

From 1861 to 1865, America found itself in a Civil War that not only pitted northern states against southern ones, but often brother against brother and father against son. During those four years, there were more than ...

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Library kicks off Civil War-themed programs

Source: The Morning Journal  |   May 16 2013, 1:06am CDT

WESTLAKE — Westlake Porter Public Library will host the first of three Civil War-themed programs on Saturday with “Billy Yank: The Life of a Soldier. More than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army from 1861-65. During this program, a Civil War re-en ...

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World War II Calvary soldier laid to rest in Cold Spring

Source: KHOU.com  |   May 15 2013, 9:07pm CDT

HOUSTON – A 91-year-old veteran, who served in the 112th Cavalry, was laid to rest Wednesday with a fitting tribute in Coldspring. “He was one of the last surviving horse soldiers of World War II,” said Dale Everitt, of American ...

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Civil War 150 – A Readers’ Guide (Part 2)

Source: California Literary Review  |   May 15 2013, 7:03am CDT

Andrew J. Russell Union soldiers entrenched along the west bank of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia (detail) Date : Photographed between April 29 and May 2, 1863, printed later, Photographic print Library of ...

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Museum of the Confederacy opening Gettysburg show

Source: FOX News  |   May 14 2013, 10:23am CDT

May 1, 2013: A book of Confederate Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead's brigade records a list of casualties for the regiment for the battle of Gettysburg in a work room at the museum in Richmond, Va.The Associated Press May 1, 2013: S ...

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Why the Battle of Gettysburg still captures our imaginations, 150 years later

Source: Kaus Files  |   May 14 2013, 7:52am CDT

In a few weeks, an estimated 4 million visitors are expected to descend upon the picturesque southern Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, which has a population of less than 8,000. They’re coming by the millions to commemorate t ...

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