LAKE HURON — The Civil War was only seven months old on Nov. 9, 1861, when the sidewheel steamer Keystone State passed into oblivion. Nobody even knew the ship had sunk until more than a week later, when wreckage was…
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Tech Glitch
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We’re having a little technical problem linking to articles. Attempting to fix it….
Ghost hunters busted for burglary in Gettysburg
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Thanksgiving night, three people went searching for ghosts in a Civil War-era building in Gettysburg they suspect is haunted. But when the trio shined their flashlights in the building, a passing police officer noticed, went inside, and the ghost hunters…
Fight over Civil War monument breaks out
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The state parks system is on the hot seat and a House leader is calling for action over a proposed monument to Union soldiers at the site of the biggest Civil War battle fought in Florida. The bid to add…
Grave of South Kingstown Civil War hero now overgrown, largely inaccessible
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He was a big man yesterday. But boy, you ought to see him now. Isaac Peace Rodman was co-owner of a textile mill, a community leader and state senator. When the Civil War erupted in 1861, he resurrected the town…
Re-enactors portray Jews of the Civil War
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At a time when there were only 150,000 Jews in the United States, 10,000 Jewish men fought in the Civil War. That 6,000 took up arms for the Union Army and 4,000 for the Confederacy surprises some, said Civil War…
Old Point Comfort landmark razed in Civil War sacrifice
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One hundred fifty years ago this week, the U.S Army at Fort Monroe demolished one of Hampton Roads’ largest and best known landmarks. Opened at Old Point Comfort in 1822 to accommodate engineers and construction workers laboring on the giant…
Forest Service Wildlife Biologist Works to Conserve Fishers, Civil War History
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Betsy Howell has a professional and personal interest in conserving two diverse parts of U.S. history. As a wildlife biologist on the Olympic National Forest in Washington State she focuses part of her work on the history and future of…