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KENTUCKY: Honor for Civil War Battlefield We recently moved one step closer toward designating Mill Springs Battlefield a national park, thanks to Congressman Hal Rogers. Before the House passed H.R. 298, a bill to authorize a National Park Service study on including...News from Around the South 5/12 – 5/19
SOUTH CAROLINA: Civil War Ship Stolen by Slaved Found The wreck of a ship once commandeered by slaves and sailed to freedom during the Civil War has very likely been found. The shipwrecked Planter almost certainly rests beneath 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5...Southern Lit: Pickett's Charge
Charles McNair’s first novel, Land O’ Goshen, was published in 1994 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. McNair spent nearly two decades writing and rewriting his next book, Pickett’s Charge. Nominated for a 2014 Townsend Prize for...News from Around the South 5/5 – 5/12
SOUTH CAROLINA: Confederate Groups Seek New Members ANDERSON, S.C. — About 40 people gathered Saturday morning in front of the Anderson County Courthouse to observe Confederate Memorial Day. The annual event, staged by the Palmetto Sharpshooters...Obiter Dicta
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — Several years ago the Smithsonian magazine ran an elegant story about the use of postcards in American Read More
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NORTH CAROLINA: Two ‘Human’Caused’ Fires Found at 16th Century Historic Site Two fires were discovered simultaneously at a North Carolina historic site dedicated to England’s first settlements on the continent — and Read More