Comments for This Week in the Civil War http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com Commemorating 150 years of the common soldier Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:58:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Frederick A. Aiken biography by civilwarweek http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=287#comment-1951 civilwarweek Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:58:43 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=287#comment-1951 People have been looking for a photo of Fred Aiken for years and have not found one to date. Sorry that we can’t help any further. If anybody finds an identified photo of him, I’d be happy to post it. The folks at the Surratt House and other researchers have been quite diligent in this effort so far but have been unsuccessful.

]]> Comment on Reenactment Calendar by Tommy Smith, Ph.D., Interpretive Ranger http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1950 Tommy Smith, Ph.D., Interpretive Ranger Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:52:18 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1950 Please add the following event to your schedule: The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Bulltown, West Virginia. Dates: October 11, 12, and 13 of 2013. This event is under the control of the Burnsville Lake project of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Frederick A. Aiken biography by P. Lee http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=287#comment-1949 P. Lee Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:08:57 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=287#comment-1949 Please help me find a picture of Frederick Aiken. Thanks

]]> Comment on Reenactment Calendar by Sandra Jackson http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1947 Sandra Jackson Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:44:13 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1947 Weekend May 25th – Helena Arkansas big reenactment

]]> Comment on Reenactment Calendar by Donna Binion http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1946 Donna Binion Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:29:43 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1946 May 3-5, 2013 is the Morgan at Cave City Kentucky reenactment–love to see you there

]]> Comment on Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) C.S.A. by Bluff City – Zollicoffer | Sullivan County, TNGenWeb http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=902#comment-1944 Bluff City – Zollicoffer | Sullivan County, TNGenWeb Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:38:55 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=902#comment-1944 [...] From Wikipedia: Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (May 19, 1812 – January 19, 1862) was a newspaperman, three-term United States Congressman from Bigbyville, Maury County, Tennessee, officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier general during the War Between the States. He was a descended from emigrants from Switzerland who had settled in North Carolina in 1710. His grandfather, George Zollicoffer, had served as a captain in the Revolutionary War, and had been granted a tract of land in Tennessee as payment for his military service. Felix Zollicoffer led the first Confederate invasion of eastern Kentucky and was killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs, the first Confederate general to die in the Western Theater. He is buried at the Old City Cemetery in Nashville. Additional biographical information may be found on “This Week in the Civil War.” [...]

]]> Comment on Reenactment Calendar by Melissa Ruffner http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1943 Melissa Ruffner Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:05:41 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1943 Civil War re-enactment at Moorpark, CA in November is first class. I attend as the widow of Private Thomas Davis with copies of his muster rolls, oath to United States after his becoming prisoner of war at the capitulation of Vicksburg, widows stipend paid to me, and more. Rotary Club of Moorpark sponsors – for more info. I drive from AZ. just for this week-end. Any re-enactments in VA. in June 2013, let me know. MR

]]> Comment on The Lincoln Assassination: New research unravels old myths by Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt & the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln (March 2013 discussion) | Bossard Booklovers http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=450#comment-1940 Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt & the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln (March 2013 discussion) | Bossard Booklovers Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:39:39 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=450#comment-1940 [...] Lincoln Assassination: New Research Unravels Old Myths (ThisWeekInTheCivilWar.com) [...]

]]> Comment on Reenactment Calendar by Steve Bailey http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1939 Steve Bailey Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:12:27 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1939 150th NATIONAL EVENT– Battle of Pea Ridge. March 22, 23, 24th. Great Location! Three miles North, and two miles west of the National Park on pristine private property.

Also: Speakers CIVIL WAR SEMINAR
‘Battle of Pea Ridge: Key to the Western War’
Saturday, March 23, 2013 ~~ 4:30 PM
Mr. John Scott – Symposium Moderator, Superintendent of Pea Ridge National Military Park
Dr. William Piston Professor of History, Missouri State University
Mr. Mark Christ
Chairman of the Arkansas Civil War
Sesquicentennial Commission

]]> Comment on Reenactment Calendar by Stevenson Ridge http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1938 Stevenson Ridge Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:08:14 +0000 http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?page_id=1082#comment-1938 Spotsylvania County is hosting a Battle of Chancellorsville Reenactment May 3-5. More info can be found http://battleofchancellorsville.com/.

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