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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The Upper Peninsula in the CIVIL WAR
U.P. men enlist with the ‘Michigan devils’ By JOHANNA BOYLE - Journal Ishpeming Bureau ([email protected]) The Mining Journal MARQUETTE - The year was 1861. In April, after declaring that they would secede from the United States, forces representing the 11 … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Letters, Roster
Tagged Civil War, Houghton, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan Devils, Sesquicentennial, U.P., Upper Michigan, Upper Peninsula
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Civil War graffiti covers this Virginia home
by Libby Zay Graffiti is now a fairly common part of our culture’s dialogue, but did you know soldiers in theCivil War also tagged, doodled, and conversed with one another on walls? Inside a two-story home in Virginia, historians are slowly uncovering … Continue reading
Civil War hero to be honored
The city of Sioux Falls Veterans’ Memorial Park Advisory Board will dedicate a new monument Tuesday in honor of Sgt. Isaac Fry at Veterans’ Memorial Park. The ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by a patriotic concert by the … Continue reading
Posted in Commemoration
Tagged Joe Foss, Medal of Honor, Sgt. Isaac Fry, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Remembering the 1,040-man West Michigan regiment who fought in Civil War 150 years ago
By Garret Ellison | The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS — In the shadow of the old South High School on Hall Street SE, current home of the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center, sits a boulder steeped in history. The … Continue reading
Posted in Commemoration
Tagged 126th Army National Guard Cavalry Regiment, Appomattox, Benjamin K. Morse, Bruce Butgereit, Bruce Catton, Bull Run, Cantonment Anderson, Chancellorsville, Civil War, Cold Harbor, Colonel Daniel McConnell, Confederate, Courage without Fear, Daughters of the American Revolution, David Britten, disease, Fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Fort Sumter, Fredericksburg, Fulton Street Cemetery, George Heartwell, Gerald R. Ford, Gettysburg, Godfrey-Lee Schools, Grand Rapids Guard, Grand Valley Armory, History Remembered Inc., Kalamazoo Plank Road, Kent County, Major Robert Anderson, Michigan, Miltary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Morton House, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, President Abraham Lincoln, Schubert Male Chorus, Sesquicentennial, Sharpsville, Sons of Union Veterans, Sophie deMarsac Campau, Spotsylvania, Stephen Champlin, The Wilderness, Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Walter L. Mundell, Wyoming
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Jamestown dig probes historic church and Civil War earthwork
By Mark St. John Erickson, [email protected] | 247-4783 JAMES CITY —— When archaeologist William Kelso began digging at Jamestown in 1994, few historians gave him much chance of finding the long-lost English fort of 1607. Most believed the pioneering outpost had disappeared into the James … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged archaeology, Civil War, earthwork, English, fort, Holy Grail, James River, Jamestown, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, Virginia, William Kelso, William Strachey
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Ceremony salutes Berks soldiers who served in Civil War
By Ron Devlin, Reading (Pa.) Eagle Standing on hallowed ground Saturday in Reading’s Aulenbach’s Cemetery, Craig Breneiser invoked President Abraham Lincoln’s immortal words to pay tribute to Berks County soldiers who died in the Civil War. “They made the ultimate … Continue reading
Posted in Cemeteries
Tagged 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, 55th Pennsylvania Regiment, Andersonville, Appomattox Court House, Berks County, Christian Y. Leinbach, Garrett Hyneman, George Burkhart, Gettysburg, Henry Hyneman, Muhlenberg Township, Pennsylvania, Reading, Ringgold Band, Robert E. Lee, Ron Devlin, Sandy Stief, Sesquicentennial
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This Week in the Civil War - Week of June 12, 2011
1861 - A telegraphed dispatch via The Associated Press reports more U.S. army troops, backed by cavalry, are headed to Washington as Lincoln masses his forces. There are occasional sightings of Confederate soldiers on the Virginia side of the Potomac … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, Abraham Lincoln, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Fairfax Courthouse, Frederick, Harpers Ferry, Maryland, Potomac, Sesquicentennial, Virginia
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Civil War buffs to re-enact 1st U.S. spy balloon’s flight
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Civil War memories take an aerial turn Saturday, with a 150-year-anniversary celebration of the birth of the U.S. Balloon Corps on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Outside the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air andSpace Museum, curators … Continue reading
Civil War shipwreck treasures unveiled
by Hal Scheurich WALA-TV 10 GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - Once buried by the sands of time, a 150-year-old shipwreck off the Alabama coast was uncovered by a local exploration group a few years ago. Thursday, they unveiled some of … Continue reading
