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Tag Archives: Bull Run
This Week in the American Civil War: August 27-Sept 2, 1862
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 27, 1862 Confederate operations in the Manassas, Virginia area led to skirmishing at Bull … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, Ambrose Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Battle of Chantilly, Birch Coulee, Bristoe Station, Broad Run, Bull Run, Chantilly, Dakota Indian, Fairfax Court House, Falmouth, Fitz John Porter, Fort Ridgely, Franklin, George B. McClellan, Groveton, Henry Hastings Sibley, Isaac Stevens, James Longstreet, John Pope, Little River Bridge, Manassas, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Missouri, Ox Hill, Philip Kearny, Robert E. Lee, Rogers' Gap, Rufus King, Salem, Second Bull Run, Sioux Uprising, Stevenson, Tennessee, Thomas J. Jackson, Virginia, Warrenton Turnpike, Waterford
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On this date in Civil War history: August 1, 1861
Thursday August 1, 1861 General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. Army, and adviser to President Davis, arrived in western Virginia on an uncertain mission to coordinate an inspect the various Confederate force there. However, the mission soon developed into his taking … Continue reading
Posted in 1861
Tagged 1861, 34th parallel, Arizona, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, August, buffalo hunters, Bull Run, cavalry, Confederate, Confederate States of America, Endina, Garnett, Gustavus Vasa Fox, John R. Baylor, Joseph E. Johnston, Manassas, Missouri, Mrs. Cook, New Mexico, New York, Onandaga County, President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, U.S. Senate, Virginia, William Wing Loring
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Civil War 150th Anniversary Events at Manassas National Battlefield
Originally posted by Brian at The District. Thursday, July 21, will be the 150th anniversary of the first Battle of Manassas, one of the fiercest battles in the Civil War. Throughout the week ahead, Manassas and other area landmarks will hold … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Commemoration, Reenactment
Tagged Bull Run, Manassas, Reenactment, Sesquicentennial, Virginia
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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
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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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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
Apps put Civil War historians on your iPhone
Hank Silverberg, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Have you toured one of the many civil war battlefield’s in the capitol region and wished that you had an historian at your side? There’s now a 21st century way to do that. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Antietam, App, Battle App, Bull Run, Cedar Creek, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, iPhone, Malvern Hill, Maryland, Petersburg, The Wilderness, Virginia
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