Month: November 2010
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The Fate of Guerrillas and Their Sympathizers
Guerrillas posed a major problem for Union occupiers, who resorted to harsh (but ultimately ineffective) measures to suppress them. Here is a circular letter from Maj. Gen. David “Black Dave” Hunter that was delivered to suspected sympathizers in the Shenandoah. Just how they were to refute these charges or stop guerrilla activities is unspecified. IN […]
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Ancestry.com Free Weekend
Ancestry.com is honoring Veteran’s Day by having a free access weekend (Nov. 11-14), so here’s your chance to save some money (a TOCWOC specialty). You don’t even have to be a veteran (but you do have to give them your email address). Tarheel AP history teacher Betsy Newmark takes a look at some of what’s […]
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The Real Abe Lincoln
The secret’s out—Lincoln was actually a cyborg sent from the future to save the Union and find Sarah Connor’s great-grandmother. Will the next Terminator movie be set in the 1860s with Ah-nold as John Wilkes Booth? (via Gizmodo) Somehow I like this better than Lincoln the vampire slayer. Speaking of Abe’s contemporary appearances, he’s been […]