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It has been quite some time since I have written in this blog. And seeing that the last post was one where I wrote of a health scare that [...]
May 31, 2014
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On this date of November 19, 1863, the famous Gettysburg Address was given by Abraham Lincoln for the dedication of the cemetery there. Though [...]
November 19, 2013
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Here between the sesquicentennial commemorations of Chickamauga in September and Lookout Mountain in November, it seems appropriate to write a [...]
October 29, 2013
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It is now the day after Labor Day, marking the traditional end of the summer season. Apart from one beastly hot week, it has not been as warm and [...]
September 3, 2013
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It was great fun this morning to attend the re-dedication ceremonies of Doubleday Hill in Williamsport. This is the hill overlooking the ford of [...]
July 4, 2013
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Though I am not straying anywhere near the crowds at Gettysburg, I don’t need to in order to know that there have been tons of people attending [...]
July 3, 2013
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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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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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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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One of the great losses to the Confederate cause happened on this date of May 10, 1863 in the death of General Stonewall Jackson. This was, of [...]
May 10, 2013
Enfilading Lines 