Pennsylvania is marking the Civil War Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) with special events at Gettysburg and other locations throughout the state and in Philadelphia. America’s bloodiest conflict, of course, led to more deaths from disease than on the battlefield for both Union and Confederate fighters. These deaths spoke volumes about what public health and medical personnel, [...]
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Preserving the history of the Civil War Battle of Honey Springs
July 1st, 2013 
javal It was about 10 a.m. on July 17, 1863 when Confederate Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper ordered his forces to begin firing four cannons on the Federal artillery near Elk Creek in Indian Territory. Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt quickly responded with 12 Federal artillery pieces, and the Battle of Honey Springs was under way. [...]
Civil War battle site in Oklahoma named national historic landmark
March 12th, 2013 javal A Civil War battle site in Oklahoma, where Indians fought on the sides of the Union and Confederacy, has been designated a national historic landmark, the U.S. Interior Department announced Monday. The Honey Springs Battlefield, in Muskogee and McIntosh counties, is among 13 new national historic landmarks. Others named Monday were the Connecticut home of [...]
Violin’s story intertwined with a Civil War’s sad one
March 11th, 2013 javal A sad, little story appeared in The Oklahoman on Nov. 3, 1912. Captain W.W. Mayne, a survivor of the Civil War, died April 15, 1912, in Claremore, and a public auction of his possessions was held later that year in November on the streets of Claremore. The story began: “At a public auction sale on [...]
Statue of Union soldier gets new home in Norman
January 11th, 2012 javal The statue of a Civil War soldier that stood on guard duty on W Main Street for 15 years has a new post. The statue of Pvt. Patrick Maguire was moved last week by Jim Maguire Jr. — the soldier’s great-grandson — to 401 Terrace Place, just off 24th Avenue SW, south of Main Street. [...]
Exhibit highlights Civil War devastation of Cherokees
October 25th, 2011 javal A new exhibition at the Cherokee Heritage Center Museum titled “Brother vs. Brother – Cherokee Civil War Exhibit” tells the story of how the Cherokee Nation got involved in the American Civil War and how the war devastated the nation. Only 22 years removed from the forced removal to Indian Territory, the Cherokee people again [...]
Center being built at Oklahoma Civil War site
August 23rd, 2011 javal A 5,000-square-foot visitors’ center will be built near Rentiesville in northeast Oklahoma to mark the site of the state’s largest Civil War battle, state and federal officials announced Monday. A public-private partnership will help construct the $1.9 million center at the site of the Battle of Honey Springs along the Muskogee and McIntosh county lines. Read More>>