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Tag Archives: Jeffrey Williams
Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force “Nashville” video series
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal The Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force observed the anniversaries of the Battles of Franklin and Nashville from November 13-17, 2014 which culminated in the dedication to a marker on Shy’s Hill in Nashville … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, Battlefield Preservation, Battles, Commemoration, Education, Film
Tagged 10th Minnesota, 13th U.S.C.T., 13th United States Colored Troops, 1864, 2014, 5th Minnesota, 7th Minnesota, 9th Minnesota, Antietam Creek Entertainment, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Franklin Trust, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Battlefield Preservation, Civil War Trust, Darryl Sannes, Dean Urdahl, Eric A. Jacobson, Fort Negley, Franklin, George H. Thomas, James Kay, Jeffrey Williams, John Allyn, John Bell Hood, John Schofield, Ken Flies, Mike Peden, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Nashville National Cemetery, November, Shy's Hill, Tennessee, Thomas Heffelfinger, Tre Hargett, William Shy
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Indians in the Crater - Remembering the Battle of the Mine, July 30, 1864
by Jeffrey S. Williams Excerpted from Muskets and Memories: A Modern Man’s Journey through the Civil War By late-June 1864, Pennsylvania coal miners in the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry were discussing what they would do, if they were in charge, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1864, 30th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 37th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 49th North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Ambrose Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Hare Hill, Battle of the Crater, Battle of the Mine, C.I. Miltimore, Cold Harbor, countermine, crater, Edward Porter Alexander, Elliott's Salient, George G. Meade, Harry Reese, Henry Pleasants, Hugh Douglas, I Corps, IX Army Corps, Jacob Douty, James River, Jeffrey Williams, Jim Corrigan, Joseph Gould, July, June, Madison, mine, Muskets and Memories, Ojibwe Indians, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, Robert Brown Potter, Robert C. Eden, Robert E. Lee, Sam Harriman, Schuylkill County, Siege of Petersburg, Somerset, St. Croix County, Ulysses Grant, Virginia, White House Landing, Wisconsin
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Gettysburg Address remembered on 150th Anniversary
by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force President Abraham Lincoln was incorrect when he asserted that “the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,” when he presented his “few appropriate remarks” to open … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Commemoration, Lincoln
Tagged 150th Anniversary, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Black Hawk Middle School, Century College, Concordia University-St. Paul, David Woodard, Donna Daniels, Eagan, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg: A History for the People, Jeffrey Williams, John D. Cox, Max Daniels, Minneapolis Public Library, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, November 19, Paul Hillmer, Pohlad Hall, school children, Soldiers National Cemetery, St. Paul, Twin Cities, White Bear Lake
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Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force unveils logo
Co-chairs Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Rep. Dean Urdahl, and Civil War Commemoration Task Force members Brian Rice, D. Stephen Elliott and Jeffrey Williams presented the winning design from the task force’s logo contest and introduced the artist who … Continue reading