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Two reenactments commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Antietam
If you are planning on attending the big Civil War event for the year in 2012, you have two choices. Organizers have scheduled two reenactments on consecutive weekends to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War...
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West Virginia institutes Civil War Trails program
West Virginia has joined a long-standing trails network by instituting a series of Civil War trails throughout the state. The new West Virginia Civil War Trails program includes marked sites, interpretive signage and a brochure describing those...
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Shepherd University Civil War Center is an excellent resource
Shepherd University’s George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War in Shepherdstown is an excellent place to do research. The facility is not a museum and is not on any Civil War tours. The...
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Historic St. Albans, Vermont
by Richard Thornton
Many of the surviving historical buildings in St. Albans, Vermont have been restored to their 19th century appearance.
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The paradox of poverty and slavery produced two famous outlaws
by Richard Thornton
The James Brothers grew up in a family that owned slaves, considered slavery to be ordained by God, but lived in a two room cabin.
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Historic Ramsey House Skirmish on the Holston
by Darris Brock
Photos taken in 2006 of the Ramsey House and Civil War reenactors.
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Michigan Civil War Monument
by R. Anton Montalban-Anderssen
Michigan Civil War Monument
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