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83US History: 1851 - 1900
Several additional territories became states, USA acquired additional territories, set a Canadian Border and experienced their own American Civil War. The Gold Rush and the Railroads also created a flurry of activity, while Native Americans were driven West.
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78Music Of The Civil War
Music played a vital role in the War Between the States. The Civil War lasted four long years and many ballads were composed during this time. Drummers kept soldiers in step and, accompanied by a fife, helped...
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74The Border States In the Civil War
THE POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION IN THE BORDER STATES INTRODUCTION One hundred and forty years ago, the War Between the States, known less affectionately outside the South as the...
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77Top 10 Jobs in Columbus, Georgia
The fastest growing occupations in Colummbus GA are in Healthcare, Insurance and Financial Products, and Education and Social Services. Other occupations are gowing quickly as well, including tourism and hospitality.
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61Senator Shot Over Slavery
I recently discovered this story and felt the need to share it with all of you.About two years before the first shots deep in the South signaled the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, two men met on a field...
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68Review: The Real Lincoln
The Real Lincoln- A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo is written in an attempt to demystify Abraham Lincoln. Popular belief is that Lincoln was the...
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73Review: Robert E. Lee
In his study Robert E. Lee: A Biography, Emory Thomas paints an intimate portrait of the man who many canonize in the former Confederacy. Thomas sets out, by his own admission to revise the image of Lee, or...
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63My Personal Top Ten Favourite Reading Books so far.
The following books will be updated from time to time, please leave your comments below, Thanks for looking. There are so many characters and intertwining stories. The main story focuses on the turbulent...
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75Biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw|Civil War Hero|54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
“…if the raising of colored troops prove such a benefit to the country and to the blacks as many people think It will, I shall thank God a thousand times that I was led to take my share in it...” ...
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57Civil War Scavengers
The movie Shenandoah and the movie The Horse Soldiers have something in common other than the Civil War. Both movies to some extent tell us about scavengers. General Grant ordered his troops to live off the...
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