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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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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
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As I have oft written, Abner Doubleday is a Civil War character of particular interest to me. It was about this time of January 150 years ago [...]
January 16, 2013
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In the spirit of the last post on “Emancipation at 150,” today I would like to share some excerpts from my research over the past several [...]
January 7, 2013
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This evening, the Antietam Battlefield Guides, Western Maryland Interpretive Association, National Park associates, and varied friends gathered [...]
November 16, 2012
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150 Years Ago – 10/24-10/26: This will be essentially my last posting in the recent series about the “Antietam Aftermath,” and it will [...]
October 26, 2012
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Antietam Aftermath – Post 7 This is the seventh in a series of blog posts past and future that relate the words of various writers about their [...]
October 21, 2012
