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Holiday Candlelight Open House and Concert at Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site Near St. Louis, Mo.

A Holiday Candlelight Open House and Concert will be held at the Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site near St Louis on Sunday, December 18,…

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‘Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War’ by Roger Lowenstein Named a “Best” Book by Washington Post

‘Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War,’ by Roger Lowenstein was named one of the Washington Post’s “best”…

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Posted in Civil War Places to Visit USCT

Battle of Nashville Site Where Black Troops Charged to Be Marked Dec. 15, 2022

Drew Gruber, Executive Director of Civil War Trails, announced last week that a new interpretive panel is being dedicated in Nashville, Tn. on December 15,…

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National Park Service Funds Preservation of 200 Acres of Civil War Battlefield Land in W.V., Miss., and Virginia

The National Park Service announced Friday that 200 acres of Civil War battlefields will be protected in three states through two million dollars from the…

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Posted in Civil War Lincoln

Researcher Presents Evidence of Where Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Actually Took Place

Here is a Lincoln at Gettysburg story so big that it made the New York Times. November 19 is the 149th Anniversary of the Gettysburg…

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Dedication Day and Remembrance Day at Gettysburg Nov. 19. 2022 Schedule of Events

Dedication Day at Gettysburg and Remembrance Day both fall on November 19 this year. Dedication Day marks the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address dedicating the…

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Preview of New Will Smith Film Emancipation “Inspired” by Story of “Gordon”: From Tortured Slave to Freedom Fighter

Will Smith’s new film Emancipation will be released on December 2, 2022. The film is based on the story of “Gordon,” an enslaved African American…

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Historical Marker Dedicated for General Philippe Régis de Trobriand in Sayville, Long Island, NY

A marker was erected this week in Sayville on Long Island in New York marking where Brevet Major General Philippe Régis de Trobriand is buried…

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Louisville Exhibit on Kentucky’s Black Union Soldiers Fighting for Freedom

A new exhibit on the United States Colored Troops has opened for Veterans Day weekend at the Roots 101 African American Museum in downtown Louisville,…

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Posted in Civil War Veterans

Veterans Day: Four Long Island Civil War Vets Have New Headstones

Four Long Island Civil Veterans were honored at a ceremony dedicating new headstones on their graves in a cemetery in Uniondale in time for Veterans…

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