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The following is from a draft of my long-planned and maybe never to be completed (??) book on Abner Doubleday. The text alternates between [...]
August 18, 2012
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The following is from a draft of my long-planned and maybe never to be completed (??) book on Abner Doubleday. The text alternates between [...]
August 14, 2012
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< The following is from my research for a book I continue to threaten to someday actually finish! It is from a period of time where Abner [...]
July 23, 2012
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<The following three paragraphs are from my Doubleday research and book project … with other materials included below as well.> [...]
July 4, 2012
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On this date of June 19th in 1862, President Lincoln signs a law prohibiting slavery in the Western territories. Having been passed by Congress, [...]
June 19, 2012
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<This post would have best fit into my ongoing Sesquicentennial Series a year ago – but I was not active with this blog at that time, so [...]
June 17, 2012
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151 years ago saw the early days of the Civil War lapping upon our doorsteps here in Washington County, Maryland. Again, this is material I would [...]
June 4, 2012
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Stuck in Fredericksburg – May 1862 <This material is from my research and writing on the life and Civil War adventures of Abner [...]
May 29, 2012
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Stuck in Washington <This is the first of two parts – back to back – about the experiences of Abner Doubleday 150 years ago this month of [...]
May 28, 2012
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151 Years Ago Today ……… To finish off my previous posts on Sumter – writings I would have rather had a year ago, though I had [...]
April 18, 2012
Enfilading Lines 