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Civil War on the Web

June 30th, 2011 · No Comments

“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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Categories: Arms & Armament · Civil War Memory · Civil War News · Military History

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Short Takes

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

What exactly happened to the CSS Hunley? Its fate has been the subject of almost 150 years of conjecture and almost a decade of scientific research since the Hunley was raised back in 2000. But the submarine has been agonizingly slow surrendering her secrets. “She was a mystery when she was built. She was a […]

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Categories: Civil War Book Publishers · Civil War News · Controversies of a Campaign

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