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Richmond battle of Drewry’s Bluff, May 15 1862…- shrapnel
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Colonial Williamsburg shows just how much the Brits are a bunch of losers. The Governor in 1774 had his house full of guns and swords and now they don’t want anyone to have them..- shrapnel
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Actually, much happened at Appomattox that was because of Custer. He captured around 50 of Lee’s artillery and pressed him on ending the war. For several days, Lee and Grant were corresponding about the upcoming outcome. A white flag of truce was offered to Custer as the Confederate army was...- shrapnel
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While in the area, a few other early American sights. Colonial Williamsburg…- shrapnel
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As I continue to visit Civil War battlefields and museums, it is clear that the Civil War was about slavery. What little history I paid attention to in school didn’t support that premise…- shrapnel
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Good Lord! Argue all you want, but there wasn’t a single WWII soldier or American citizen that didn’t suffer through the depression before the war. By now you should be used to being wrong…- shrapnel
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The depression lasted over twice and long as the Civil War. The problems caused by that alone affected all of America which had grown substantially since the Civil War. You can fight on your own soil for freedom or ideals, but traveling around the globe and dying for people you never met or...- shrapnel
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To every generation there was a challenge, but none was met in time and circumstance as the “Greatest Generation” Lives were significantly different in the 20th century as each previous generation passed the torch to the next. Convenience and luxury were never before seen as it was in the post...- shrapnel
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Canon emplacement Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg..- shrapnel
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A quick stop on the way to Lynchburg…- shrapnel
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No image of Gettysburg is complete without a look from Cemetery Ridge to the timber across the open field and try to imagine Confederate troops charging across that open field into the lines and guns of the Union Army….- shrapnel
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Monocacy Battlefield, provided a pivotal battle to protect Washington DC from a confederate takeover…- shrapnel
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Antietam isn’t complete without the Dunker Church…- shrapnel
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Burnside Bridge, Antietam Creek….- shrapnel
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