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In an article in the York Daily Record, it is reported that a skull of a Civil War soldier from the Battle of Gettysburg will be auctioned off in [...]
June 2, 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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After Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, General Lee rode out to the edge of the battlefield and watched his shattered forces returning. [...]
August 8, 2013
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Gettysburg, Vicksburg, the Charleston Harbor, etc. – it was a terribly bloody month of July, 1863. With the “the Father of Waters flowing [...]
August 1, 2013
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My current town of Williamsport, MD has been preparing for a number of years for this very weekend – the commemoration of the retreat of the [...]
July 14, 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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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
