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Tag Archives: Portsmouth
This Week in the American Civil War - February 26- March 4, 1862 (150 years ago)
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal 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 … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
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Fire on the Water exhibit at Athenaeum observes 150th anniversary of Civil War
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A ship that helped turn the tide of public opinion at home and abroad during the Civil War is featured in a new exhibit, “Fire on the Water: Portsmouth’s Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly Confederate Raider Alabama.” “Civilian … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Commemoration, Museums, Navy
Tagged Alabama, Kearsarge, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Sesquicentennial
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