Tag: civil war
member name: The Militant Moderate
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August 17, 2007 04:58 PM EDT --
“The winter social calendar followed a prescribed order. The president’s receptions were on Tuesday evenings, the first lady’s matinees on Saturday afternoon, the soirees of the Speaker of the House . . .
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August 06, 2009 12:24 PM EDT --
In the early morning of August 21, 1863 four hundred horsemen rode into the undefended town of Lawrence, Kansas. By the time they left, four hours later, over 150 men and boys had been murdered, . . .
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May 10, 2009 08:26 PM EDT --
Saturday, I visited the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, which sits on the banks of the Mississippi River, South of St. Louis.
The first burial here is believed to have been in 1827. . . .
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August 03, 2007 07:20 AM EDT --
When you discuss the Civil War in Missouri Sterling Price is the central figure.
By the time of the Civil War he was 52, a former Missouri Governor and a veteran of the Mexican war. He could . . .
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October 23, 2007 06:30 AM EDT --
Lera has published some great articles , with pictures, about the history of Alton, Illinois, just north of St. Louis.
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December 07, 2008 01:14 PM EST --
Jennison’s Jayhawkers:
A Civil War Calvary Regiment and Its Commander
Nowhere was the American Civil War more brutal than along the Missouri Kansas border. Citizens of these two states had been . . .
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May 19, 2009 06:42 PM EDT --
Saturday, (5/16) Brad and I journeyed to Jefferson City, Missouri for a reenactment of Sterling Price’s 1864 assault on that city.
The beginning of the day was . . .
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August 05, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
This is another talk I gave at LLI. The original presentation was made with Power Point.
Much of today’s talk has been lifted directly from Slavery in Missouri by Harrison Trexler. . . .
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September 24, 2007 08:31 AM EDT --
Last weekend (9/22 - 9/23) saw the reenactment of the battle of Ft. Davidson at Pilot Knob, eighty six miles south of St. Louis.
On September 25th, 1864 Sterling Price attacked Ft. Davidson with . . .
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March 14, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
Something on the radio when I first woke up this morning triggered this song.
To most Americans Quantrill was a bloodthirsty terrorist who murdered 150 innocent civilians . . .
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August 21, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
The Civil War's First Blood
Missouri, 1854-1861
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James Denny & John Bradbury
Most Missourians have no clue how devastating the Civil War was to their state. Only Virginia and . . .
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July 04, 2009 07:12 AM EDT --
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This 34 star flag was popular during the American Civil War
July 4th is also the anniversary of the fall of Vicksburg
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May 27, 2009 05:40 PM EDT --
Yesterday, May 26, 2009, a headstone was dedicated in Greenwood Cemetery in north St. Louis to Harriet Robinson Scott, wife of Dred Scott.
She and Dred both filed claims for freedom, . . .
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June 15, 2009 09:13 PM EDT --
While preparing my photo blog on my Ft, Morgan vacation I came across this.
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/06/fort_morgan_to_add_union_siege.html
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