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Gettysburg Cyclorama

In June I visited the Gettysburg Cyclorama. The Cyclorama is a gigantic round painting of “Pickett’s Charge” in which the audience stands in the middle…

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Gettysburg National Military Park Museum

Most Civil War students who live in the Eastern United States will have visited the museum at the Gettysburg National Military Park at some point…

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Grant and Sheridan at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland

Usually I am bringing you sites of the Civil War and Reconstruction from within the 50 States, but this week I am in Ireland. There…

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Cornwall New York Civil War Monument

Cornwall-on-Hudson is a small river village with just over three thousand people in Orange County below Newburgh. It is an affluent community with many buildings…

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General James A. Garfield Statue in Long Branch on the Jersey Shore Where He Died

Seven Presidents Park along the Jersey Shore in Long Branch is a well-known spot for beach goers in the summer. Long Branch can be quite…

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Civil War Cannons in Placerville California

From 1848 until the Civil War, Placerville was a thriving city filled with fortune seekers looking for gold. In 1860, this remote city had more…

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Confederate Robbery at Bullion Curve Monument Near Placerville California

During my recent exploration of Civil War sites in California, which took us from Los Angeles, to Yosemite, up to Gold Rush Country, to Sacramento…

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Harriet Tubman Statue Unveiled Next to John Brown’s Grave in Lake Placid

Harriet Tubman and John Brown were two leading figures in the anti-slavery movement in New York. Tubman lived in Auburn, New York and Brown’s farm was…

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G.A.R. Statue at Sacramento City Cemetery

The Old Sacramento City Cemetery in the California state capital is about twenty blocks south of the Capitol Building  on Riverside Drive and Second Ave,…

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Newly Erected Clara Barton Statue Hagerstown Maryland

Anyone who knows about the Battles of Gettysburg or Antietam has heard of Hagerstown, Maryland but I wonder how many “Civil War Tourists” have stopped…

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