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This Week in the American Civil War: September 10-16, 1862
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 September 10, 1862 Cavalry reports informed Federal Major General George B. McClellan that Lee had … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
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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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Public re-enactment of South Mountain, Antietam battles will be held in 2012
Two-day event on private land near Boonsboro will mark 150th anniversary of Civil War battles By HEATHER KEELS [email protected] HAGERSTOWN— An estimated 4,000 Civil War re-enactors will stage a public re-enactment of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam on … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Maryland, Reenactment
Tagged 1862, Antietam, Boonsboro, Boonsboro's Washington Monument, Brittany's Hope Foundation, Central Maryland Heritage League, Chris Anders, Crampton's Gap, Dan Spedden, Ed Wenschhof, Fox's Gap, Gathland State Park, George Alfred Townsend, Hagerstown, Hagerstown-Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau, Harpers Ferry, Maryland 67, Maryland Campaign, Rear Rank Productions, Reenactment, September, Sesquicentennial, South Mountain, South Mountain Recreation Area, South Mountain State Battlefield, special-needs children, The Southern Division, Thomas B. Riford, Turner's Gap, U.S. 40, Washington Monument State Park, West Virginia
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