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This Week in the American Civil War: June 25-July 1, 1862
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Information Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday June 25, 1862 SEVEN DAYS CAMPAIGN BEGINS – BATTLE OF OAK GROVE What became known as the Seven … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War – May 28- June 3, 1862
Information Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday May 28, 1862 Skirmishing occurred near Corinth, Mississippi and Charles Town, Virginia. Confederate supplies at Ashland, Virginia were destroyed, along with a bridge on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Arkansas, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Ashland, Booneville, Charles Town, Chickahominy River, Constitution, Corinth, Edwin V. Sumner, Fair Oaks, Fort Pillow, Galloway's Farm, garrison, George B. McClellan, Grapevine Bridge, Gustavus Woodson Smith, Harpers Ferry, Henry W. Halleck, Intrepid, Irvin McDowell, Jackson County, Jacksonport, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, John C. Fremont, Joseph E. Johnston, Kickapoo Bottom, Lewisburg, Little Blue River, Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Nathaniel P. Banks. Thomas J. Jackson, North Carolina, P.G.T. Beauregard, Peninsula Campaign, Pocotaligo, Rienzi, Robert E. Lee, Seven Pines, Shaver's River, South Anna River, South Carolina, Strasburg, Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Tranter's Creek, Tupelo, Virginia, Virginia Central Railroad, Wardensville, Whitesburg, Woodstock, Zuni
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Historian: Civil War regiment endured much
By CHRIS SHOLLY, Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News At the start of the Civil War, hundreds of Lebanon County men enlisted in the military, but many of them didn’t return, and many that did had the scars of battle to bear. … Continue reading
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