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Tag Archives: Federal
This Week in the American Civil War – May 21-27, 1862
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Information Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday May 21, 1862 Confederate Major General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s forces were on the march in … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
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This Week in the American Civil War – March 19-25, 1862 (150 years ago)
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 19, 1862 It was a light day today. The only action was a skirmish at Elk Mountain, in western Virginia, and Strasburg, Va. The … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War - February 26- March 4, 1862 (150 years ago)
From the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday February 26, 1862 Kentucky senator William E. Simms declared in the Confederate Congress that the Confederacy would defend her rights to the last extremity. In Washington, … Continue reading
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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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