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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Gettysburg Newspapers Mourn a President and Debate Reconstruction

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The news of the death of President Lincoln, by assassination, was received here on  Saturday morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock. That i...
Saturday, August 3, 2019

"Valor, devotion, and loyalty are not always rewarded according to their just deserts" - Robert Brown Elliott and the Civil Rights Act of 1875

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Sometimes, you read a source so good, you just have to share it out. The speech given on the floor of the House of Representatives by Con...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

Sketching out a Unionist Spy Operation in Orange, Virginia and stumbling across Charles A. Beard

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The mystery begins with a photograph taken at Brandy Station, Virginia in March of 1864 . The image depicts scouts and guides of the Army of...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

The Power of Place: Germanna Ford

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View of the Rapidan River at Germanna Ford Sometimes you can stand in a place and connect with a sense of its history. Yesterday, I felt...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Stumbling into Civil War History in Shenandoah National Park

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We've made efforts to preserve parts of our history through monuments, interpretive markers, historic houses, battlefield parks, and mus...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

The Meaning of Memorial Day

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Fredericksburg National Cemetery Each year on this weekend, I'm reminded of the powerful message of Memorial Day. This morning,...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Debate Continues Over St. Louis Confederate Memorial

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My wife and I spent some time this holiday season visiting her family in St. Louis. While visiting the Missouri History Museum this week, w...
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