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Fort Jackson lives on after flopping in its starring role defending New Orleans in the Civil War
With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...
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Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Despite our current divisions and challenges, more than 150 years after a terrible Civil War ... respond to the Fort Sumter attack and Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ plans to authorize ...
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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham Lincoln surrendered Fort Sumter ... to review a plan for handling ...
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'Glad we can partner.' Fort Atkinson 7th graders show Civil War projects at Hoard Historical Museum event
More than 400 community members showed up to the Hoard Historical Museum last Thursday evening in support of Fort Atkinson ...
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Historic site showcases life during the Civil War era
Today was day two of the annual “Spring Civil War Encampment” at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The public was ...
Gettysburg Times12d
Searching for Civil War artifacts
Representatives from the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir 55th Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit and Gettysburg National Military Park rangers last week marked possible Civil War artifacts in the field behind th ...