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Two different groups of people at Antietam this past week have reminded me of my earlier visits to the Battlefield before I moved to this area in [...]
June 18, 2013
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I had a chance to make arrangements to be in Vicksburg on the exact dates of sesquicentennial events in a few weeks – with a conference I could [...]
June 15, 2013
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Over all the years since the Battle of Antietam, various branches of the United States Military have used the battlefield for teaching and [...]
June 13, 2013
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Copperheads, Vallandigham, and the Trump Card of Lincoln On this date of June 12th in 1863, President Lincoln wrote the first of two letters to [...]
June 12, 2013
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The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War occurred in Virginia 150 years today – June 9, 1863 – with the Battle of Brandy Station, engaging [...]
June 9, 2013
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Not every battle in the Civil War was significant merely in terms of its size or tally of casualties. On this date of June 7, 1863 – 150 years [...]
June 7, 2013
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I will begin by declaring myself to be the second most Civil War history-engaged graduate of my college, now named Cairn University – a small [...]
June 4, 2013
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On this date of June 3, 1863 begins what is essentially the Gettysburg Campaign. On this Wednesday of that year, Lafayette McLaw’s Division [...]
June 3, 2013
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As the calendar turns over to the month of June, looking back 150 years ago to 1863, it had recently been an active time – with the [...]
June 2, 2013
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I had a terrifically fun morning today with a group of 4th grade students from Fountaindale Elementary School in Hagerstown, MD. This was the [...]
May 30, 2013
