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Gen Sheridan - Battle of Cedar Creek
November 05, 2015 - We are remembering the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, on October 19, 1864. As future US Presi...
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow - Confederate Spy, with daughter "Little Rose" at Old Capitol Prison
November 05, 2015 - We are remembering the October 1, 1864 drowning death of Confederate spy and unofficial diplomat, Rose Greenhow. When as...
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Capt. George Custer and Gen Affred Pleasonton on horseback
November 05, 2015 - It used to be that only the wealthy could afford to have a portrait of themselves or their family made. By 1862, Oliver...
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Sgt. Johnny Clem - "Drummerboy of Chickamauga"
November 05, 2015 - We are remembering the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19 -20 1863. Johnny Clem, the "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga...
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Bridge on the Boonsboro Pike; Middle Bridge - Antietam, MD
November 05, 2015 - We are remembering the Battle of Antietam, on September 17th, 1862. Whereas, studies show that commuters using the 5 Fre...
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Judah Benjamin, Sec of War, C.S.A.
November 05, 2015 - We are remembering Judah P. Benjamin, the first Jewish cabinet member in North America and the first Senator to acknowle...
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US Gen Winfield Hancock - Second Battle of Ream's Station's
November 05, 2015 - We are remembering the August 25, 1864, Second Battle of Ream's Station, fought as part of the Siege of Petersburg. "I d...
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Horace Greeley - The Prayer of 20 Millions
November 05, 2015 - In 1862, British and French textile workers were clamoring for Southern cotton as factories became increasingly idle. Li...
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Adm Farragut - Battle of Mobile Bay
November 05, 2015 - We are honoring the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5th & the sinking of the USS Tecumseh. A Con...
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Morgan's Raiders In Jail
November 05, 2015 - July 26, 1863 - The Battle of Salineville, Ohio resulted in the surrender of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and hi...
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Sailors Relaxing on the Deck of the USS Monitor
November 05, 2015 - While attached to McClellan's headquarters at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, James Gibson boarded the USS Monitor. The on...
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US Gen Joshua Chamberlain
November 05, 2015 - "We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war."
Joshua Chamber...
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CS Gen Lee's Gettysburg Headquarters
November 05, 2015 - This is the home General Robert E. Lee used during the Battle of Gettysburg as his headquarters. However, Lee slept in h...
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Lutheran Theological Seminary
November 05, 2015 - July 1, 1863 - During the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the fighting moved to Seminary Ridge. The Lutheran Theo...
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