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Tag Archives: Bentonville
This Week in the American Civil War: March 15-21, 1865
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday March 15, 1865 From Fayetteville, North Carolina and the Cape … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, This Week in the Civil War
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This Week in the American Civil War: December 28, 1864 – January 3, 1865
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday December 28, 1864 Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee completed their crossing of … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, 1865, This Week in the Civil War
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This Week in the American Civil War: August 12-18, 1863
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday August 12, 1863 Heavy Parrott rifles opened from the low-lying sand batteries of Morris Island, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Arkansas, Army of the Cumberland, Battery Gregg, Battery Wagner, Bentonville, Beverly Ford, Big Black River Bridge, Charleston Harbor, Chattanooga, Covington, Fort Sumter, Gouverneur K. Warren, Hartwood Church, Jacinto, Jack's Fork, John A. McClernand, July, Kentucky, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, Morris Island, North Carolina, Pineville, Rappahannock River, Sherwood, South Carolina, Swamp Angel, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Tullahoma, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Virginia, Washington, Wellington, West Point, William Hays, William Rosecrans
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On this date in Civil War history: March 6-8, 1862 - Battle of Pea Ridge
The battle of Pea Ridge, also known by Southerners as the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, was the most famous engagement fought in the trans-Mississippi region. It also was the key to Union domination of that area, for Federal forces cleared … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkansas, Benjamin McCullough, Bentonville, Cherokee, Confederate Sunset, Earl Van Dorn, Elkhorn Tavern, Eugene Carr, Franz Sigel, Helena, Henry W. Halleck, James R. Knight, Leetown, Little Sugar Creek, Missouri, Missouri State Guard, Nathaniel Lyons, Pea Ridge, Rolla, Samuel Curtis, Sterling Price, Telegraph Road, Trans-Mississippi, Van Buren, Vicksburg, video, William L. Shea, Wilson's Creek
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Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Grants Awarded
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – DECEMBER 15, 2011 FOR STATEWIDE RELEASE ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION AWARDS GRANTS FOR PROJECTS LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has awarded seven grants totaling $12,359 for projects that will commemorate the war in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkansas, Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, Baxter County Library, Bentonville, Butler Center, Civil War, Conway County, DeValls Bluff, Fort Lincoln Freedom Fest, Grants, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Magnolia Ball, Peel Compton Foundation, Sesquicentennial, wayside exhibit
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