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16 days ago by Daniel Sauerwein

Nanzig, Thomas P., Ed. The Badax Tigers: From Shiloh to the Surrender with the 18th Wisconsin Volunteers. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002. ISBN: 0-7425-6019-8 384 pp. $22.95 This book is an insightful look into a company within a Wisconsin Infantry regiment, from its origins, t ...

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20 days ago by Jerry J. Jansen

Though Mardi Gras had been celebrated for nearly a century and a half in both New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama, as with many things, the Civil War had nearly ended this celebration permanently. Though no one ever gets to know what might have been, one thing is certain, Mardi Gras was no lo ...

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33 days ago by gretchenaro

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35 days ago by admin

The Confederate Chapter in Local history By Clara Chenault Richmond News, 1971 (I’ve added links below ) Old prejudice and hatreds die hard. The animosity engendered during the civil war was still strong in the South during the ‘90s. A group of women I Nashville, Tennessee in the year 1894 had bande ...

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42 days ago by Richard

For a lot of Americans, today is a day of cook outs and fun and a day off from work. But I’d like to talk a little bit about the real purpose of Memorial Day. Originally started as a way to honor Union soldiers who died in the American Civil War, the holiday was known as Decoration Day until it was ...

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68 days ago by Dale

This is part three of a continuing series on Union soldiers from Florida. To read the previous parts, please scroll down the page or check the archive section. By the end of 1863, there were large numbers of Unionists and Confederate deserters hiding in the swamps of the Choctawhatchee, Chipola and ...

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73 days ago by admin

Petersburg, Virginia is a city steeped in history. The city’s unique history predates America itself, pushing all the way back to 1643 with the founding of Bristol Parish preciously close to the Appomattox River. Fort Henry was erected nearby a few years later. The entire area grew into Peter’s Poin ...

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80 days ago by Dale

It was not until early 1863 that the Unionist movement again began to surface in Florida in a serious way. Unionists were active earlier than that around the Jacksonville area, but it was the Union occupation of Pensacola, St. Andrew Bay, Apalachicola and Cedar Key in 1862 that really opened the doo ...

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85 days ago by Chris

Napoleon House is located on Chartres Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The house was built in 1814 by Mayor Nicholas Girod and it contained a large courtyard and balconies. The Mayor was so proud of his establishment that during a party he was hosting in 1821, he offered the house to emperor Napole ...

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85 days ago by ozavalina

One hundred and forty eight years ago, on April 12th, 1861, U.S. Civil War began as 11 Southern states declared their secession from the U.S., formed the Confederate States of America, and started fighting against the federal government with the attack on Fort Sumter, North Carolina. Civil War histo ...

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