Category: Civil War News
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Short Takes
In secession news, the latest candidate is Hawaii, or Hawai’i if you prefer. Even more so than Texas Hawaii has a unique state history, being the only state annexed by what some have termed an imperialist coup. Matt Welch takes a look at the prospects in Reason magazine. Shooting Times takes a nostalgic look at […]
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The Land Trust Of Virginia Creates The Deborah Whittier Fitts Battlefield Stewardship Fund
I recently received the following information in an email. This is a great example of how preservation groups and private landowners can work together to preserve Civil War battlefields which are still in danger of destruction. Middleburg, Va. (August 6, 2009) – The Land Trust of Virginia Board of Directors has created a new fund, […]
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Recent Technological Advances Aid Descendents of Slaves
Editor’s Note: The following blog entry is a guest post by Britney Wilkins, a writer for Best Online Colleges. The Civil War stood poised to transition the newly formed country into a free nation in which slaves were freed from the Emancipation Proclamation and were thereby allowed to begin their own history. However, many descendents […]
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Even the Governor Does NOT Want a Wilderness Wal-Mart!
I read some very interesting (and hopeful) news yesterday at Eric Wittenberg’s Rantings of a Civil War Historian. Rather than attempt to echo Eric’s thoughts, I figured it would be better just to direct TOCWOC’s readers to Eric’s blog to see for yourself. The Governor of Virginia and the House of Delegates Speaker issued a […]
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Short Takes
Other projects and an upcoming family reunion haven’t left much time for blogging, but I’ll try to scribble off a few words tonite. Had dinner with fellow author John Fox the other nite at one of Asheville’s brew pubs, Jack of the Wood (highly recommended). John, who runs Angle Valley Press, is finishing up his […]
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Four Tennessee Battlefields In Need of Additional Funds
Shannon Andrea of the National Parks Conservation Association recently contacted me with the following important preservation news: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2009 NEW STUDY FINDS TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR NATIONAL PARKS NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS AND TELL CIVIL WAR STORIES Knoxville, Tenn.-As we commemorate National Armed Forces Day, the nation’s leading voice […]
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Robert Duvall, Lawmakers to Commemorate Battle of the Wilderness
Jim Campi of the Civil War Preservation Trust sends this along: MEDIA ADVISORY:ROBERT DUVALL, LAWMAKERS, TO COMMEMORATE ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS (Orange County, Va.) Academy and Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall, who portrayed his famous ancestor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the 2003 film Gods and Generals, will speak at a news […]