Category: Civil War News
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Short Takes
Carter. John Carter. Captain, First Virginia Cavalry. Ten minute trailer with lots of gratuitous Yankee-bustin’. and Looks like John Wilkes Booth won’t be bob-bob-boblin’ along at the Gettysburg store any more. Bobblehead dolls of the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln have been pulled from sale at the Gettysburg National Military Park visitors’ center bookstore. […]
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Short Takes
The Indiana University Press is having a 50% off spring sale coming up March 20-22. All regularly priced items are half off, free shipping on orders of $30 or more in the US. Use the code SAVE50 at checkout. Karen Thatcher of Martinsburg, WV, recently identified a photo of a Civil War relative. “That’s Uncle […]
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Lincoln Robbed, O’Reilly Banned
Truly nothing is sacred to metal thieves, not even Abe Lincoln. Thieves have nabbed a 3-foot-long copper sword atop Lincoln’s Tomb in what is believed to be the first theft at the site in more than a century. An employee noticed last week that the sword was cut from a statue of a Civil War […]
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Auction News and Other Takes
The venerable Scientific American magazine has its archives on line now, all the way back to the first issue in 1845. Normally it would cost you money to look, but for November only they have the 1845-1908 archives available for free. Unfortunately there is no universal search for these early issues altho you can search […]
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Civil War on the Web
“98.2% of celeb internet quotes are bogus” — Abraham Lincoln Telegraph columnist Christopher Howse checks into yet another plagiarism scandal, then notes how many historical quotes just can’t be verified and are likely false. All the more reason to be suspicious. We are not amused, and they can eat…cake. NOAA and the US Navy are […]
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Heritage Militaria Auction
Take a look at the Heritage Auctions web site even if you’re not flush with cash. Lots of Civil War arms and memorabilia if you just won the lottery. One is a “Morgan” rifle said to be a Union sharpshooter weapon and featured the Time-Life Echoes of Glory book.
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More from Carolina
Ben Steelman takes a look at pre-bellum Wilmington: Wilmington was the largest municipality in mostly-rural North Carolina by a wide margin – New Bern, the next largest town, had only about 5,000 people – and it was growing fast. Its population had doubled in just 20 years. NC was not a cotton state—most of its […]