Monthly Archives: October 2011

Civil War Lives Conference

Posted on October 31, 2011 by marcferguson

Keith Harris at “Cosmic America” attended and has posted a description of the Civil War Conference, “Civil War Lives” at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Ca. The atmosphere and the speakers sound strikingly similar to the Civil War Sesquicentennial … Continue reading →

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David Blight Talk on Lincoln and the American South

Posted on October 19, 2011 by marcferguson

David Blight: Hating and Loving the “Real” Abe Lincoln: Lincoln and the American South from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.

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More Than a Thousand Hits

Posted on October 19, 2011 by marcferguson

We have had more than eleven hundred hits on the site, and I see this as a significant milestone, especially considering the circumstances in which I find myself; because of my illness I cannot legally drive, and one of the … Continue reading →

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54th Massachusetts USCT – CW Memory

Posted on October 18, 2011 by marcferguson

It looks like Kevin Levin at “Civil War Memory,” is planning to research the history of the Massachusett5th 4th UCST: <a href="https://westernmacwsesquicentennial.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sweeney-g-w2 “Dear Barbara, Yesterday I spent the day at theMassachusetts Historical Society examining materials related to the 55th Massachusetts as you … Continue reading →

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