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Poster “historicus” over at the History Channel forums recently had an extremely good idea. He used Google Maps to take a look at Civil War battlefields. Poster “Scotsman” gave readers a few sites he found after the suggestion was made: 39 28’15.06″ N 77 44’15.34″ W (Bloody Lane, Antietam) 39 47’29.89″ N 77 14’32.59″ W […]
Google Earth and Civil War Battlefields
February 24th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Categories: Battlefield Tours · Civil War on the Web · Technology
Tags: · antietam, bloody lane, civil war battlefields, devil's den, fort harrison, gaines mill, gettysburg, google earth, malvern hill, monocacy, quantrill's raid, siege of petersburg, the breakthrough, the crater, watt house
New Market Heights, Ft. Harrison, and Peeble’s Farm
September 29th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I missed the series of August battles of Grant’s Fourth Offensive due to real life issues, but I’m back with a look at perhaps the North’s best chance to drive Lee out of Petersburg and Richmond between July 30, 1864 and April 2, 1865. The events of September 29, 1864 nearly proved fatal to Lee’s […]
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Tags: · fort harrison, grant's fourth offensive, new market heights, peeble's farm, petersburg campaign
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