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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Confederate Sunset at Pea Ridge
This video was shot by Jeffrey S. Williams, the moderator of This Week in the Civil War, on Aug. 22, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Posted in 1862, Battlefield Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged 1862, Arkansas, artillery, Confederate, Curtis, March, McCullough, McIntosh, Pea Ridge, Price, Sigel, Slack, Trail of Tears, Union, Van Dorn
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Earthquakes and Hurricanes! Natural Disasters and the Civil War
I’m sure someone has considered the impact of natural disasters on the Civil War, but apparently nobody has put forward a book length study of the subject. Perhaps that’s because there just isn’t anything to write about! And that is … Continue reading
Douglas Hancock Cooper biography
Born November 1, 1815, to a Baptist minister and physician, Douglas Hancock Cooper attended the University of Virginia from 1832 to 1834. He returned to Mississippi to marry Martha Collins of Natchez. The Coopers raised seven children on their plantation, … Continue reading
Posted in Biography
Tagged 1861, Albert Pike, Brigadier General, Chicasaw Mounted Rifles, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Chustenahlah, Chusto-Talasah, Confederate States of America, Douglas Hancock Cooper, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Washita, Honey Springs, Indian Agent, Indian removal, Indian Territory, Jefferson Davis, Kirby Smith, Martha Collins, Mississippi, Mon Clova, Monterey, Newtonia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Historical Society, Round Mountain, Sam Bell Maxey, William H. Emory, William Steele
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Honey Springs to get 5,000 square foot visitor center
By Cathy SpauldingMuskogee Phoenix Staff Writer A new 5,000 square-foot visitor center could be in place at the Honey Springs battlefield in time for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Preservation
Tagged African-American soldiers, Bob Blackburn, Cathy Spaulding, Checotah, Ed Cannaday, Emmy Stidham, Fort Gibson, Fort Smith, Friends of Honey Springs Battlefield, Honey Springs, Indian Territory, Indian troops, Lloyd Jernigan, McIntosh County, Muskogee Phoenix, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oktaha, Rentiesville, Ryan McMullen, tourism, U.S. 69, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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The Battle of Honey Springs - July 17, 1863
Honey Springs was the most important Civil War battle fought in Indian Territory. It preserved Union ownership of Fort Gibson and dealt Confederate forces a blow from which they never fully recovered. It also opened the way for the Federal … Continue reading
Posted in 1863
Tagged 1863, 1st Kansas Colored, 20th Texas Infantry, 29th Texas, Arkansas, artillery, Checotah, Civil War, Confederate, Douglas H. Cooper, Elk Creek, Fort Gibson, Fort Smith, Honey Springs, Indian Territory, Indians, Infantry, James G. Blunt, July, mountain howitzer, Napoleon howitzer, Oklahoma, Texans, Texas Road, Union, William A. Phillips, William L. Cabell
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Archaeologists comb newly-found Civil War POW camp
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — When word reached Camp Lawton that the enemy army of Gen. William T. Sherman was approaching, the prison camp’s Confederate officers rounded up their thousands of Union army POWs for a … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Preservation
Tagged 1864, 1st Connecticut Cavalry, 3rd Corps, Amanda L. Morrow, Andersonville, archaeology, artifacts, Atlanta, Augusta, Brent Tharp, C.A. Colby & Co. Wholesale Groceries and Bakery, Camp Lawton, Charles H. Knox, corporal, David Crass, General William T. Sherman, Georgia, Georgia Southern University, Georgia's Historic Preservation Division, Gettysburg, Historic Preservation, keepsakes, Kevin Chapman, Magnolia Springs State Park, Manassas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Millen, Nanawanuck Manufacturing Company, New York, Niles, October, POW, prisoner of war, Savannah, Schroon Lake, Statesboro, Tennessee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Union Army
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Maryland seeks to buy 14 acres of land near South Mountain Civil War battlefield for $55,600
MIDDLETOWN, Md. (AP) — A Department of Natural Resources official says the state of Maryland is seeking to buy some land near the South Mountain Civil War battlefield. John Braskey told The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown newspaper on Tuesday that the … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Battlefield Preservation, Maryland
Tagged 1862, Abraham Lincoln, acquisition, Andrew Schotz, Battle of Antietam, battlefield land, Central Maryland Heritage League, Confederate, Department of Natural Resources, easement, Emancipation Proclamation, Federal, Frederick County, Hagerstown, John Braskey, Mahaffey Woods, Maryland, Preservation, real estate, Reno Monument, September 14, South Mountain, State Board of Public Works, Terry Baker, Washington County, Wise South Field
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Civil War park joy ride brings arrest
Off-road driver arrested on numerous charges at Stafford County’s under-construction Civil War park. BY JONAS BEALS An off-road joy ride yesterday morning led to a Stafford County man’s trip to jail in the back of a Sheriff’s Office squad car. Deputies went … Continue reading
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Tagged Entrenchments, Fredericksburg, park, Ryan Eilenfield, Stafford County, Virginia
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Public re-enactment of South Mountain, Antietam battles will be held in 2012
Two-day event on private land near Boonsboro will mark 150th anniversary of Civil War battles By HEATHER KEELS [email protected] HAGERSTOWN— An estimated 4,000 Civil War re-enactors will stage a public re-enactment of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam on … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Maryland, Reenactment
Tagged 1862, Antietam, Boonsboro, Boonsboro's Washington Monument, Brittany's Hope Foundation, Central Maryland Heritage League, Chris Anders, Crampton's Gap, Dan Spedden, Ed Wenschhof, Fox's Gap, Gathland State Park, George Alfred Townsend, Hagerstown, Hagerstown-Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau, Harpers Ferry, Maryland 67, Maryland Campaign, Rear Rank Productions, Reenactment, September, Sesquicentennial, South Mountain, South Mountain Recreation Area, South Mountain State Battlefield, special-needs children, The Southern Division, Thomas B. Riford, Turner's Gap, U.S. 40, Washington Monument State Park, West Virginia
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