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Dec. 20, 2011, 1:37 pm | Civil War quiz for Dec. 20 |
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Dec. 20, 2011, 1:24 pm | A century and a half ago in camps all along the border of North and South, it was relatively quiet. |
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Dec. 20, 2011, 1:21 pm | This is the 14th and final installment of "Fight for the Union," a weekly series of pages that has told the story of Minnesota's important role in the Civil War, which began 150 years ago this year. |
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Dec. 20, 2011, 7:32 am | L.F. Hubbard, editor of the Goodhue Coounty Republican newspaper in Red Wing, left for Fort Snelling as a member of a company within the Minnesota 5th Regiment. |
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Dec. 20, 2011, 7:31 am | Excerpt from a Dec. 24, 1861, letter from Thomas Christie to his sister Sarah written in Camp Benton, Mo. From the book “Brother of Mine — The Civil War Letters of Thomas & William Christie” by Hampton Smith. |
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Dec. 13, 2011, 6:04 pm | Powder, minie ball and wad, tap the three down into the rifle barrel, slip percussion cap onto the firing nipple, cock the hammer, aim, fire. |
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Dec. 13, 2011, 6:04 pm | The week of Dec. 11-17, 1861 in Civil War history. |
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Dec. 13, 2011, 6:05 pm | Buttons, musket balls, letters from soldiers, cartridges — all these Civil War items are in high demand, but short supply. |
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Dec. 13, 2011, 6:04 pm | 1. The average Civil War soldier, North and South, was how tall? a. 5 feet 8 inches b Read Full Story
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Dec. 13, 2011, 6:04 pm | Excerpts from "Brother of Mine — The Civil War Letters of Thomas and William Christie." |
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Dec. 06, 2011, 2:45 pm | Three years after the Battle of Gettysburg had ravaged her hometown, 18-year-old Tillie Pierce was standing in front of her home when a carriage slowed and came to a stop virtually at the front door. |
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Dec. 06, 2011, 2:36 pm | Excerpts from a letter from Col. James George, Co. C, 2nd Minnesota Regiment, on Dec. 31, 1861. |
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Nov. 29, 2011, 7:46 am | Charles S. Hubbard was born in 1846 and died in 1885. He enlisted in the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War and is buried in a cemetery in Janesville in Waseca County. |
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Nov. 29, 2011, 7:43 am | Excerpt from a letter written by Edward Bassett to his parents Dec. 1, 1861. |
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Nov. 29, 2011, 7:40 am | Because Tom Mauer's great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, he wanted to find out more about him, including where he was buried. |
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Nov. 29, 2011, 7:38 am | About 10 miles north of Austin stands what might be the biggest memorial to a Civil War veteran in the region, although the soldier was a private who served fewer than three months at the end of the war. |
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Nov. 29, 2011, 7:18 am | Civil War Week in History, Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 1861. |
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