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South From the North Woods: January 2014
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South From the North Woods. The words, images, and landscape of the 1862 Maryland Campaign. View my complete profile. Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Check out Dan Vermilya's new Kennesaw Mountain Blog. I am pleased to welcome a new blog to the world on this first day of 2014. My good friend Dan Vermilya, a park ranger at Antietam and Gettysburg has created a new blog on Kennesaw Mountain. I worked with Dan at Antietam’s 150. In 2012; participated in his Gettysburg programs for that park’s 150. John B. 24.
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: Virginia Time Travel Appearance
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Virginia Time Travel Appearance. Look ma, I'm famous! I recently sat down with the good folks at Virginia Time Travel. To discuss a variety of subjects, to include Freedman’s Village, the Battle of New Market Heights. And this very blog. If you’ve got a cool thirty minutes to kill, why not take a gander? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Praise for Jimmy and His Work. 8220;Thanks to Mr. Price&#...
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: January 2015
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Fun with Facebook: New Market Heights Edition. For those interested in an exercise regarding history, memory, and modern (mis) understandings of the American Civil War, I present to you the following link. From the Civil War Trust’s Facebook page. Magazine and succinctly states the events of September 29, 1864 with an emphasis on the USCT Medal of Honor recipients. It would be his 208th birthday!
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: April 2014
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Friday, April 25, 2014. Yellow Tavern Bus Tour Details. Well, it’s hard to believe, but we only have 16 days until the Yellow Tavern Commemorative Bus Tour on Sunday May 11. I will be tackling half of the tour along with Sam McKelvey, the Site Manager for Dabbs House and Walkerton Tavern in Henrico County. To make sure that the interpretations that we will be giving are as accurate as possible. Here are the details:. The tour...
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: A Heartrending Letter from Freedman’s Village
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Monday, April 20, 2015. A Heartrending Letter from Freedman’s Village. Every once in a while in my research I find something that transcends the usual dry recitation of facts and events – something that leaps off of the page and eradicates the 150 year barrier that separates me from the people and events I am investigating. From a woman named Ann Butler who lived in Arlington’s Freedman’s Village. And now for the text of the ...
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: March 2014
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. While I realize things have been a bit slow here over the past few weeks, I wanted to make you aware of some random bits of news that need to be brought to your attention. At the top of the list is a new blog from my friend Hampton Newsome, author of the excellent Richmond Must Fall. And co-editor of Civil War Talks. To discuss his new book Robert E. Lee in War and Peace. In honor of the 150. Annivers...
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: We’ve Got a Long Way to Go: The Confederate Battle Flag, George Takei’s “Uncivil” Rant, & the Legacy of Race in America
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Saturday, July 4, 2015. We’ve Got a Long Way to Go: The Confederate Battle Flag, George Takei’s “Uncivil” Rant, and the Legacy of Race in America. Well, if ever anyone needed ammunition to bolster their arguments that the haunting legacies of slavery and the Civil War still impact our nation today, the past few weeks have provided an abundance of troubling evidence. Oh my, indeed. Human dignity has long been understood in thi...
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: “Bully for Gordon!” – Fighting at Ground Squirrel Church, May 11, 1864
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Monday, May 11, 2015. 8220;Bully for Gordon! 8221; – Fighting at Ground Squirrel Church, May 11, 1864. Less famous than his cousin John B. Gordon,. James Gordon was an excellent cavalry officer. As Phil Sheridan’s troopers rode steadily towards Richmond on May 10. Maine Cavalry along the south bank of the river while the rest of the troopers cooked supper and bedded down for the night. Shortly after sunrise on the 11. Sherida...
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: April 2015
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Virginia Time Travel Appearance. Look ma, I'm famous! I recently sat down with the good folks at Virginia Time Travel. To discuss a variety of subjects, to include Freedman’s Village, the Battle of New Market Heights. And this very blog. If you’ve got a cool thirty minutes to kill, why not take a gander? Monday, April 20, 2015. A Heartrending Letter from Freedman’s Village. The letter is unique in se...
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era: The Unknown Loyal Dead
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Freedom by the Sword: A Historian’s Journey through the American Civil War Era. Monday, May 25, 2015. The Unknown Loyal Dead. Tomb of the Civil War Unknowns. On Decoration Day of 1871, Frederick Douglass was invited to come and consecrate this memorial. His words, given below in their entirety, offer a valuable glimpse into how postwar Northerners viewed their Civil War. Friends and Fellow Citizens:. Those unknown heroes whose whitened bones have been piously gathered here, and whose green graves we now ...
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