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A photo taken 150 years ago of a runaway slave changed the way Americans saw the Civil War
It isn’t possible to tell the story of the Civil War without recourse to the million photographic images that were created, some of the best of which are part of a new museum exhibition. by Ted Widmer Article originally appeared … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Original Photos
Tagged Civil War, Crimean War, Gordon, Harpers Weekly, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Mathew Brady, McPherson and Oliver, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexican War, Mississippi, New England, New York, New York Times, propaganda, Ted Widmer, The Scourged Back, Times of London, Vicksburg, Walt Whitman, whipping
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Top 10 Civil War destinations: The best places to relive the War Between the States
by the Marine Corps Times It’s hard to imagine, 150 years later, the carnage that occurred in just 12 hours of fighting. But as you walk along the infamous Sunken Road of Antietam National Battlefield, where thousands upon thousands fought … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Marine Corps
Tagged Alcatraz, Alcatraz Cruises, Antietam National Battlefield, Arkansas, August 1862, California, Charleston Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Civil War, Civil War Battlefield Trail, dolphin watching, Eastern National Bookstore, Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Monroe National Monument, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Fort Sumter, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg National Military Park, Georgia, Glorieta Pass, Jefferson Davis, Labor Day, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Times, Marye's Heights, Maryland, Memorial Day, Mike Litterst, Missouri, National Park Service, New Mexico, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Pecos National Historical Park, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rio Grande, Robert E. Lee, Seven Days Battle, Shiloh, Shiloh National Military Park, South Carolina, Sunken Road, Tennessee, Texas, tourism, travel, Tybee Island, Virginia
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On this date in Civil War history: April 6-7, 1862 – Battle of Shiloh
Fought in the early spring of 1862 on the west bank of the Tennessee River just north of the Mississippi state line, the battle of Shiloh was, up to that time, the biggest battle of American history. For two days … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Battles, This Date in Civil War History, Uncategorized
Tagged 1st Minnesota Light Artillery, Alabama, Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew H. Foote, Army of Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Battles, Benjamin Prentiss, Bowling Green, Braxton Bragg, Casualties, Civil War, Confederate, Corinth, cyclorama, D.W. Reed, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, gunboats, Henry W. Halleck, Hornets Nest, Jefferson Davis, Kentucky, Lew Wallace, Louisiana Washington Light Artillery, Memphis, Memphis & Charleston Railroad, Memphis Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, Mississippi, Mississippi Valley, Mobile, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, New Orleans, P.G.T. Beauregard, Pensacola, Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Shiloh Methodist Church, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Theophile Poilpot, Ulysses S. Grant, Union, William T. Sherman
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Minnesota Soldier Killed at Shiloh to have grave re-dedicated after 150 years
Information courtesy of the MN Civil War Commemoration Task Force Event: Civil War Grave Rededication Ceremony Date: April 7, 2012 Place: Oakland Cemetery, 927 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Sponsor: Minnesota Civil War Commemoration … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Casualties, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Graves
Tagged 16th U.S. Infantry, 1st Minnesota Light Artillery, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Captain William Acker, Civil War, Company C, grave rededication, Mark Dayton, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Oakland Cemetery, Shiloh, St. Paul
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Request for Help – 1st Minnesota photographs
This is Wayne Jorgenson. I am a Civil War collector and historian on the First Minnesota Infantry. I am in the final stages of writing a book about the men who served in the First Minnesota Infantry during the Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Original Photos
Tagged 1st Minnesota, Books, Civil War, Commemoration, Every Man Did His Duty, photographs, Wayne Jorgenson
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Minnesotans faced first Civil War combat action at Mill Springs 150 years ago
By Darryl Sannes Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force The Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry distinguished itself during actions at the Battle of Mill Springs, Ky., 150 years ago Thursday. The regiment faced Confederate soldiers from Mississippi and Tennessee during the … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Battles, Casualties, Graves, Obituaries, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 20th Tennessee, 2nd Minnesota, Bailie Peyton, Civil War, Darryl Sannes, Felix Zollicoffer, George Bibb Crittenden, George H. Thomas, Judson Bishop, Kentucky, Mill Springs, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Van Cleve
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150th Anniversary Mill Springs Reenactment to be held January 21-22, 2012
Information courtesy of the Mill Springs Battlefield Association. The Mill Springs Battlefield will be hosting Reenactment on January 21 & 22, 2012 at Zollicoffer Park. This Sesquicentennial Event will mark the 150thAnniversary of the Battle of Mill Springs. Our November and … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Commemoration, Reenactment
Tagged 2012, Civil War, Commemoration, Felix Zollicoffer, George Thomas, January, Kentucky, Mill Springs, Preservation, Reenactment, Sesquicentennial
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1st Minnesota Light Artillery at Shiloh and Corinth
1st Minnesota Light Artillery at Shiloh Historical Monograph prepared by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Click here to read the historical monograph of the 1st Minnesota Light Artillery in the Atlanta campaign. Click here to read … Continue reading
Civil War Museums Evolve to Stay Relevant
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Inside Louisiana’s Civil War Museum, battle flags line the walls. Uniforms, swords and long-barreled guns fill museum cases beside homespun knapsacks, dented canteens and tiny framed pictures of wives that soldiers carried into battle. In the … Continue reading
From the Civil War Journal of Sgt. Sam Bloomer, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Co. B, Dec. 24, 1861-Jan. 9, 1862
The following is an excerpt from the Civil War Diary of Sergeant Sam Bloomer, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Company B, while the regiment was at Edward’s Ferry. The entries are from the period December 24, 1861 through January 9, 1862. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, 1862, 1st Minnesota, Christmas, Civil War, Company B, Edwards Ferry, General Stone, Minnesota, New Year's, Sam Bloomer, Sergeant, Sesquicentennial, Stillwater, Stillwater Guard, Virginia
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