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Tag Archives: Virginia
Civil War park joy ride brings arrest
Off-road driver arrested on numerous charges at Stafford County’s under-construction Civil War park. BY JONAS BEALS An off-road joy ride yesterday morning led to a Stafford County man’s trip to jail in the back of a Sheriff’s Office squad car. Deputies went … Continue reading
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Tagged Entrenchments, Fredericksburg, park, Ryan Eilenfield, Stafford County, Virginia
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On this date in Civil War history: August 2, 1861
Friday August 2, 1861 The Federal Congress passed the first national income tax measure, calling for 3 percent on incomes over $800. The bill also provided for new and stiffer tariffs. Northern forces abandoned Fort Stanton, New Mexico Territory, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Butler, Cairo, Centreville, Confederates, Dug Springs, Federals, Fort Monroe, Fort Stanton, Illinois, Income Tax, Ironton, John C. Fremont, liquor, Missouri, Nathaniel Lyon, New Mexico, Springfield, St. Louis, Steamboat, tariffs, Virginia, whiskey
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Actor, studio founder Tim Reid named to board of Virginia Civil War center
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar has added some star power to its board. The Richmond attraction says Norfolk native Tim Reid is among four new members named to its board. Reid is probably … Continue reading
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Tagged Daphne Maxell Reid, New Millenium Studios, Petersburg, Tim Reid, Tredegar, Venus Flytrap, Virginia, WKRP in Cincinnati
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On this date in Civil War history: August 1, 1861
Thursday August 1, 1861 General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. Army, and adviser to President Davis, arrived in western Virginia on an uncertain mission to coordinate an inspect the various Confederate force there. However, the mission soon developed into his taking … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, 34th parallel, Arizona, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, August, buffalo hunters, Bull Run, cavalry, Confederate, Confederate States of America, Endina, Garnett, Gustavus Vasa Fox, John R. Baylor, Joseph E. Johnston, Manassas, Missouri, Mrs. Cook, New Mexico, New York, Onandaga County, President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, U.S. Senate, Virginia, William Wing Loring
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Eight Civil War battlefields get government grants
By Linda Wheeler, Washington Post Blogs More than $1.2 million in grants from the National Park Service’sAmerican Battlefield Protection Program were awarded this week to a variety of national battlefield projects including eight Civil War sites in six states: Kansas, Kentucky, … Continue reading
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Tagged ABPP, American Battlefield Protection Program, battlefield, Bull Run Preserve, Civil War, digital technology, Fauquier County, GIS, interpretation, Kansas, Kentucky, Linda Wheeler, Maryland, National Park Service, Ohio, Radford University, Saltville, South Carolina, Virginia
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Exec. director of National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Md. is myth-buster, works on shows
STAN GOLDBERG The Frederick News-Post FREDERICK, Md. — Actress Ashley Judd learned the truth about her great-great-great-grandfather from George Wunderlich, executive director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick. She thought her ancestor had lost a leg as … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Virginia, Maryland, Union, Georgia, Medicine, New Mexico, Andersonville, genealogy, Frederick, 19th Century, Ashley Judd, George Wunderlich, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Saltville, Who Do You Think You Are?, NBC, television, surgery, Mythbusters, The Real Cowboys, Battlefield Detectives, History Detectives, PBS, BBC, banjo, Brooke Shields, King Louis XIV, France, The Woodwright's Shop, Roy Underhill, Terry Reimer, The Real Lonesome Dove, Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, American West, Texas, ballistics
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National Park Service Director Jarvis Addresses The Value and Importance Of Maintaining Civil War Sites
Submitted by Jon Jarvis on July 25, 2011 - National Parks Traveler Editor’s note: As the National Park Service last week commemorated the start of the Civil War 150 years ago, Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis addressed an audience at the Manassas National Battlefield and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, American Revolution, Antietam, Appomattox, battlefield, Chancellorsville, Civil War, District of Columbia, Dred Scott, Founding Fathers, Gettysburg, Jonathan Jarvis, LeRoy Pope Walker, Manassas, National Park Service, North, Quaker Guns, Robert E. Lee, Shelby Foote, Shiloh, Slavery, South, Stonewall, Supreme Court, Thomas J. Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Virginia
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Manassas rescue fueled preservation movement
Manassas was where today’s battlefield preservation efforts began, with an assist from Fredericksburg. By CLINT SCHEMMER A hundred and fifty years ago Thursday near this railroad junction, terrible bloodshed occurred. Millions know the event today as the First Battle … Continue reading
