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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Pawn broker seeks 153rd Pennsylvania descendant
By Chad Smith Pocono Record Writer April 27, 2012 When a woman brought some Civil War memorabilia into P&J Coin and Gold Exchange in Brodheadsville two years ago, pawnbroker Paul Mastronardi bought the items with intentions to sell them for a … Continue reading
Posted in Commemoration, Documents, Miscellaneous
Tagged 11th Corps, 153rd Pennsylvania, Albert Clewell, Army of the Potomac, Brodheadsville, Chancellorsville, Civil War Institute, GAR, Gettysburg, Grand Army of the Republic, Lexington, North Carolina, Northampton County, P&J Coin and Gold Exchange, Paul Mastronardi, Pennsylvania, PVT Clewell, Virginia
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Exhibit looks at role of railroads in the Civil War
Originally Published Apr 20, 2012 22:20 By LARRY ALEXANDER - Lancaster Online By the time of his death in 1885, just 35 days shy of his 60th birthday, Anson Stager had served as the president of several powerful companies: Western … Continue reading
Posted in Gettysburg, Museums, Railroad
Tagged ammunition, Andrew J. Etman, Anson Stager, Antietam, Arkansas, Boston, Charlie Fox, Chicago Edison Company, Chicago Telephone Company, Culp's Hill, George G. Meade, Gettysburg, Governor, Harrisburg, Henry Fonda, John White Geary, Jubal Early, Lancaster, Maryland, McKay and Aldus, Mississippi River, Mount Wolf, Nathaniel McKay, New York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Second Division, Stager's code, Susquehanna River, Taneytown, telegraph, Ten Eyck Hilton Fonda, U.S. Army, U.S. Military Telegraph, Virginia, Washington D.C., Western Electric, wiretappers, XII Corps
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Two men who died in Civil War camp remembered in Watkinsville
By WAYNE FORD - Onlineathens.com Originally published April 20, 2012 When a Union raiding party came through Watkinsville in August 1864 during the Civil War, the soldiers seized two local businessmen who never returned leaving a mystery that wouldn’t be solved until … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, Casualties, Civilians, Commemoration
Tagged 1864, Camp Chase, Civil War Records, Clarke County, Eagle Tavern Museum, George Jarrell, Georgia, High Shoals, Jacob Klutz, Oconee, Ohio, prison camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Stoneman's Raid, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Watkinsville, William T. Sherman, Yankees
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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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Santa Fe Trail bridge from Civil War era nominated for National Register of Historic Places
by Tom Sharpe, Santa Fe New Mexican SANTA FE, N.M. — A little-known bridge that carried wagon trains on the Santa Fe Trail and figured in the Battle of Apache Canyon during the Civil War has been nominated to the National Register … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Battlefield Preservation, Battles
Tagged Apache Canyon, Apache Creek, bridge, Glorieta Pass, National Register of Historic Places, Native Americans, New Mexico Territory, Pecos National Historical Park, Rio Galisteo, Santa Fe Trail, Silver City Historic District, U.S. Park Service, Valencia
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This Week in the Civil War: April 16-22, 1862
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday April 16, 1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved an act of the Confederate Congress calling for the conscription of every white … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
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Chronicles of the War - March 1862
The Chronicles of the War Series is a series of monthly Civil War “Updates from the ‘President’”. They are scheduled to be issued each month through April, 2015. They are written and produced by Fritz Klein; filmed and edited by … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Chronicles of the War, Fritz Klein, George B. McClellan, Gideon Welles, Illinois, Illinois State Civil War Sesquicentennial, Lincoln Home National Park, series, Springfield, Washington D.C., Youtube
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On this date in Civil War history: The Great Locomotive Chase - April 12, 1862
Both Union and Confederate troops sabotaged railroads to impede enemy supply and troop transport. The Andrew’s Raid, popularly known as the “Great Locomotive Chase,” was one of the best-known attempts at railroad destruction during the Civil War. The Civil War … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Battles, Casualties, Railroad, This Date in Civil War History
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This Week in the American Civil War – April 9-15, 1862
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday April 9, 1862 As news of Federal victories at Shiloh and Island No. 10 spread across the North, relief organizations rushed money, boats, food … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Alabama, Arizona Territory, Charles H. Olmstead, Chesapeake Bay, compensated emancipation, Congress, conscription, Corinth, David Hunter, Decatur, Diamond Grove, emancipation, folklore, Fort Pillow, Fort Pulaski, George B. McClellan, Georgia, Glllett's Farm, Great Locomotive Chase, Island No. 10, James J. Andrews, Lost Creek, Merrimack, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Monitor, Montevallo, New Mexico Territory, North Carolina, Ormsby Mitchel, Pebbly Run, Peninsula Campaign, Peralta, Picacho Pass, Pittsburg Landing, President Lincoln, Purdy, Rappahannock River, Ringgold, Santa Fe Road, Seabrook Island, Shiloh, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, The General, Tuscon, W.H.L. Wallace
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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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