The California State Assembly passed a bill Monday nearly unanimously that would prevent state agencies from selling the Confederate flag “or any similar image.” Read Entire Article
Daily Archives: May 7, 2014
Monument honoring Civil War dead restored
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The state’s oldest Civil War-era monument, which sits on the lawn of the Walton County Courthouse, has been refurbished. Read Entire Article
Civil War Battlefields Offer Hiking And History
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About 150 years after the “Battle that Saved Washington,” journalist and Civil War buff Keith White leads a dozen friends on a tour of the farmland Read Entire Article
Today’s Bio - James Alexander Williamson
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Williamson was born 8 February 1829 in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. He attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois but left before graduating.
This Day in the War - May 7
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Tuesday May 7 1861 TENNESSEE TURMOIL TAKES TOLL Yesterday the Tennessee legislature had voted to pass an Ordinance of Secession. The vote, however, was very narrow, and the split was geographic.