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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
28 May
The cemetery was established during the Civil War. It was on the grounds of Robert E. Lee's estate, Arlington House. He and his wife, Mary Anna Curtis Lee had abandoned the property at the start of the Civil War and the U.S.Army...
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@dfollin (27267)
• United States
31 May 25
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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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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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...
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Bensen32
@Bensen32 (28658)
• United States
23 Nov 23
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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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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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
31 Jul 23
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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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
20 Mar 23
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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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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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
28 Apr 21
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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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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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Feb 21
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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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
5 Sep 20
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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cmoneyspinner
@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
28 Aug 20
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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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...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
22 Aug 19
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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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
2 Jul 19
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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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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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
28 Jun 19
Today’s journey?
I am following the river down the highway
To the cradle of the Civil War
(Paul Simon, “Graceland”)
I spent the day seeing what America can do to itself. My destination when I started this morning...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
18 May 19
It's coming! In fact the covert part has already started.
Liberty vs Government Takeover
Freedom vs Totalitarian Socialism
Constitution vs Nanny State
RNC/DNC vs We the People
Are You Ready?
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