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A group of the Antietam Battlefield Guides took advantage of our first truly pleasant day in one-half of forever to hike the areas in and around [...]
March 30, 2013
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There are two items of interest relative to slavery that occurred 150 years ago today on this date of March 26, 1863. Gradual Emancipation of [...]
March 26, 2013
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As I wrote yesterday, Confederate artilleryman John Pelham was mortally wounded in the Battle of Kelly’s Ford and died 150 years ago on this [...]
March 18, 2013
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On this date of March 17, 1863 was fought the cavalry conflict of the Battle of Kelly’s Ford. This pitted two former West Point cadet friends [...]
March 17, 2013
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In the series of posts that I have been doing on the 150th anniversary dates of major events in the Civil War, it has been difficult of late to [...]
March 14, 2013
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150 Years Ago – Capture of Union General E.H. Stoughton It was 150 years ago on the overnight of March 8-9 that Union General E.H. Stoughton [...]
March 8, 2013
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On this date of March 3, 1863, the Enrollment Act (a.k.a. the Civil War Military Draft Act) was passed and signed by President Lincoln. The [...]
March 3, 2013