During a ceremony held in conjunction with the Battle of Mansfield 150th anniversary reenactment this weekend, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne announced a trio of exciting battlefield preservation achievements
Daily Archives: May 1, 2014
May 2014 activities Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
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Re-enactments, lectures, exhibits and a film screening are among the May 2014 activities the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has sanctioned
Battlefield Archaeology Findings of Moore’ Mill Revealed
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Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri will host a presentation by battlefield archeologist Dr. Douglas Scott and Dr. Steve Dasovich
Foundation celebrates 15 years of preservation, education
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Fifteen years ago today, the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation was founded to restore, preserve and maintain the historic civil war properties
Today’s Bio - Roger Weightman Hanson
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Hanson was born 27 August 1827 in Clark County, Kentucky. He fought during the Mexican war as a member of a Kentucky volunteer regiment.
This Day in the War - May 1
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Wednesday May 1 1861 CONFEDERATE COLONEL CONFISCATES CONSTRUCTION In one of his first orders as commander of the state forces of Virginia, Confederate Maj. Gen. Robert E. Lee sent a colonel to take further volunteer troops to Harper’s Ferry, Va.