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Central Mississippi’s unique military sites from Civil War to today
Mississippi is a state with an abundance of military history, especially in Central Mississippi. Many of the area’s most ...
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In ‘Hidden History of Vicksburg,’ MSU’s Foreman sheds light on Deep South’s mysteries, uncovers forgotten past
“Vicksburg is an old city with an outsize role in Mississippi’s history,” Foreman said. “Everyone knows about its significance in the Civil War, but we wanted to go beyond that well-documented chapter ...
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Does the ‘shot heard ’round the world’ still echo 250 years later?
But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when I wake up early on a mid-April day, smell dew on the green grass of the ...
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A Complicated History: Confederate Memorial Day and honoring the slaves who lived and died in Hancock County
More than 160 years after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, echoes of the Civil ...
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Civil War reenactors’ love triangle ends in revenge porn and $10.5 million federal lawsuit
They knew each other from their participation in a Civil War reenactment group that, as the complaint explains, “traveled together and reenacted Civil War battles.” The complaint does not ...
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Six Civil War soldiers receive long-overdue gravestones at Allegan's Oakwood Cemetery
ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood ...
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The Broadside (transcript): The wild world of Civil War reenactment
Unidentified reenactors: Route step. Route step! Anisa Khalifa: This is what's bound to rattle your ears if you go to a reenactment of a Civil War battle. Unidentified reenactors: Load!