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This Week in the American Civil War: June 28 – July 7, 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 June 28, 1865 The C.S.S. Shenandoah took eleven whaling vessels … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War: May 13-19, 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 May 13, 1863 Two corps of Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s army moved towards Jackson, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Arkansas, Army of the Potomac, Baldwin's Ferry, Battle of Chancellorsville, Big Black River, Big Creek, Champion's Hill, Clinton, Edwards's Station, Fort Smith, Hall's Ferry, Haynes's Bluff, Jackson, James McPherson, John A. McClernand, John C. Pemberton, Joseph E. Johnston, Joseph Hooker, May, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Mississippi Springs, Missouri, Pleasant Hill, Siege of Vicksburg, Stockade Redan, Ulysses Grant, William T. Sherman, Yazoo River
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Honey Springs to get 5,000 square foot visitor center
By Cathy SpauldingMuskogee Phoenix Staff Writer A new 5,000 square-foot visitor center could be in place at the Honey Springs battlefield in time for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Preservation
Tagged African-American soldiers, Bob Blackburn, Cathy Spaulding, Checotah, Ed Cannaday, Emmy Stidham, Fort Gibson, Fort Smith, Friends of Honey Springs Battlefield, Honey Springs, Indian Territory, Indian troops, Lloyd Jernigan, McIntosh County, Muskogee Phoenix, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oktaha, Rentiesville, Ryan McMullen, tourism, U.S. 69, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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The Battle of Honey Springs - July 17, 1863
Honey Springs was the most important Civil War battle fought in Indian Territory. It preserved Union ownership of Fort Gibson and dealt Confederate forces a blow from which they never fully recovered. It also opened the way for the Federal … Continue reading
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Inquire Within: Civil War Breaks Out All Over Again
Courtesy of Southwest Times, Fort Smith, Arkansas Get ready, war is coming — the Civil War, that is. Yep, folks recently commemorated the opening of that destructive conflict with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter. Over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkansas, Bushwhackers, Fort Smith, Jayhawks, Kansas, Lawrence, Partisan Rangers, Quantrill
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