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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 22, 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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At this point of the Civil War during this summer season of 1862, now 150 years ago, not only had the temperatures risen, so had the varied [...]
July 17, 2012
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<<Today is the fifth of a series of posts on the Seven Days Battles near Richmond, Virginia that occurred 150 years ago this week.>> [...]
June 30, 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