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Earlier I saw a news story is said that said, " Last living grandson of the 10th President John Tyler dies" And I said, "What? How could that be?" LOL Well Duh! finish reading the title!.......... " at 96" Makes...

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Duh! Finish reading the title,lol

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 31 May 25

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We Watched the Movie Gettysburg

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 13 Jul 24

Tonight, Jay and I watched the movie, Gettysburg. It was a reenactment of the fighting that occurred within this nation for three years, during the Civil War. I believe the date these confederate soldiers reached Gettysburg, was...

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Civil War - Worth watching?

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 10 Apr 24

I've seen advertising for a new movie that's coming out soon - "Civil War", set in a nightmarish near future America. I've been thinking of seeing it. Has anyone else seen it yet, and if so do you think it's worth the price of a...

The film Free State of Jones stars Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Rachel and Mahershala Ali as Moses. The film was released in 2016 and is Rated R. It was released to mixed reviews and was not a box...

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Movie: Free State of Jones

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 23 Nov 23

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A House Divided Movie Review(2000)

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 15 Sep 23

I watched this movie the other night and really enjoyed it. It is the story of a young woman who is part Negroid(Black American) in a time soon after the Civil War. She(Amanda American Dixon) is played by Jennifer Beale. She comes...

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The Civil War is one of the darkest chapters in America’s history. That book, however, couldn’t have been written without the foreword that was Harper’s Ferry. Although the war didn’t start there, the controversies surrounding...

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The Foreword to the Civil War

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 31 Jul 23

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The wind was blowing rather steadily and small craft warnings had been issued when we visited the seawall at Fort Fisher yesterday. Very few of the seabirds were taking wing. Most were perched on the rocks of the seawall as were...

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Seagulls on the Rocks at Fort Fisher

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 20 Mar 23

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Where It All Began

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 25 Jun 22

The highlight of this trip was a return visit to Fort Sumter. I went there as a kid, but I certainly didn’t understand the gist of the importance of its place in history then. With the notion that we might come to blows again in...

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Remember that beautiful scenery I posted earlier? That was from the Chattanooga part of the Chickamunga and Chattanooga National Battlefiled. It’s perched high atop the city of Chattanooga, offering stunning views today. In...

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The Battle Above the Clouds

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 28 Apr 21

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Battlefield Number One

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 28 Apr 21

Looking at the history of the Civil War, 1863 was a very significant year. That was the year of Gettysburg, which most people consider the turning point of the War Between the States. Equally important was the battle for control...

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It wasn't unheard of for a young girl to marry a civil war veteran for that man's pension. In Helen Viola Jackson's case, it was offered as means to repay her for the care she provided James Bolin Helen Jackson died...

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Last Civil War widow died in 2020

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 25 Feb 21

Yesterday I mentioned that Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee was created in 1812 after a massive series of earthquakes along the New Madrid fault line. So why not go to “the scene of the crime”? New Madrid, Missouri is in the “boot...

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Living on the Fault Line

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 5 Sep 20

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History does have a tendency to repeat itself, doesn't it? They say it's because some people never learn the lessons of history. But how does one learn the lessons when history is blurred or unclear? It seems that the history...

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Black Confederates ~ Forwards or Backkkwards?

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 28 Aug 20

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When Kentucky Did NOT Straddle the Fence

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 26 Sep 19

Studying the history of the US Civil War, you’ll see my home state of Kentucky made every attempt possible to “straddle the fence” in the War Between the States. Kentucky was a state where slave ownership was allowed; yet it did...

This year I have managed to visit a number of Civil War battlefields. Among them: the Shiloh battlefield in southwestern Tennessee, and Stones River battlefield near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Those two battlefields have the sad...

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The Worst

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 22 Aug 19

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There was one time when we had two presidents instead of one: during the Civil War. The Union had a president, Abraham Lincoln; and the Confederacy had a president, Jefferson Davis. Here's a kick in the head: the two presidents...

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The Other President in 1861

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 2 Jul 19

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More of What We Did to Ourselves

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 29 Jun 19

Because it was so hot today I eschewed walking to each plaque at Shiloh National Military Park, opting to stay in my air-conditioned car. Still, the magnitude of this early and major Civil War battle wasn’t minimized in the...

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