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Tag Archives: John Brown
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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Excerpts from Midnight Rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz
A new book on the famed abolitionist John Brown will be released next week (Oct. 25). It is written by Tony Horwitz, who previously wrote the best-seller, “Confederates in the Attic.” Bloomberg recently posted five excerpts in advance of this … Continue reading
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Tagged 1856, Bloody Kansas, Elijah Lovejoy, Harpers Ferry, J.E.B. Stuart, John Brown, Kansas, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lawrence, Midnight Rising, Robert E. Lee, Tony Horwitz
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Tattered Confederate flag gets new life
Restored Civil War flag resurrects some rebel ‘Greys’ By Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post In the summer of 1862 the men of the Caroline Greys, having suffered the rigors of the first year of the Civil War, realized that their elegant … Continue reading