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On this week 150 years ago, Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren took command of the South Atlantic Squadron. Most of the U.S. Navy’s monitors and the [...]
July 11, 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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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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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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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
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This book review was actually posted by me in December of 2012. For some reason, it is the subject of multiple spam comment attacks on a daily [...]
May 30, 2013
