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Well now, it is July 1, and the big day has arrived to begin the sesquicentennial celebration of the great Battle of Gettysburg. I am sure there [...]
July 1, 2013
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As an owner of businesses on the main streets of Winchester, VA and Mechanicsburg, PA, it is interesting at this season of sesquicentennial [...]
June 30, 2013
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It was on this date of June 27 in 1863 that General Joe Hooker offered his resignation as the commander of the Army of the Potomac, and it was [...]
June 27, 2013
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If the battlefield tour guide industry had a single rock star, it is Ed Bearss – who turns age 90 today. He is the Lebron James, the Tiger [...]
June 26, 2013
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The Gettysburg Advance / WV Statehood As I move around today and this weekend here in Washington County, MD, I am sure my thoughts will at [...]
June 22, 2013
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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
Enfilading Lines 