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★★ -Happy Birthday Sheridan, Philip Henry

Mar 06

Philip Henry Sheridan Sr.

Born: March 6, 1831

Birthplace: Albany, New York

Father: John Sheridan Sr. 1801 – 1875

(Buried: Holy Trinity Cemetery, Somerset, Ohio)

Mother: Mary Minah 1801 – 1888

(Buried: Holy Trinity Cemetery, Somerset, Ohio)

1st Wife: Elizabeth “Betsy” Dye 1833 – 1903

(Buried: Chenowith Cemetery, Underwood Heights, Washington)

Married: Claimed to be his wife

2nd Wife:...

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Period A treasure trove for 19th century American recipes!

Mar 05

On my favorite website, www.archive.org I just found this most interesting cookbook, written by Ms Catharine Esther Beecher, notably the older sister of the well known Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's cabin". Catherine Beecher was an author, teacher, midwife and strongly advocated female education. As a young woman she had been engaged to marry Professor Alexander M. Fisher, the head of the Mathematics Department at Yale University, but he died at sea before the wedding. Catharine Beecher remained unmarried for the rest of her life.

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Lincoln at his inauguration (?)

Mar 05

March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as president. Does this image show him seated before his address? I believe his head is visible just above the top rail of the platform on the left. Image: Library of Congress

Washington, D.C. March 4, 1861 Photographer unknown (2).jpg

Washington, D.C. March 4, 1861 Photographer unknown (2a).jpg

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Is this an original?

Mar 05

Got this bayonet just now and was wondering if it was possibly an original.

How would I tell if it was original or not?

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Culp's farm shell

Mar 05

New to the collection is a Shenkl shell that was found on Culp's farm, Gettysburg. .( Ex. Geiselman collection)

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Crosskeys Cemetery

Mar 05

The battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic
were the decisive victories of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stone
wall" Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign. At Cross Keys, one
of Jackson's divisions beat back the army of Maj. Gen.
John C. Fremont approaching from Harrisonburg, while
elements of a second division held back the vanguard of
Brig. Gen. James Shields' division advancing toward Port
Republic on the Luray Road. During the night of 8-9
June, Jackson withdrew from in front of Fremont and at
dawn attacked two of Shields's four brigades (commanded
by Brig. Gen. E. B. Tyler), precipitating the battle of Port
Republic. Fremont reached the vicinity too late to aid
Tyler, who was badly beaten. With the...

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Trivia scores for February - final

Mar 05

Five players received credit for all 23 questions during the month. Congratulations to @DBF, @ErnieMac, @sarladaise, @Soldier Boy, and @stuart1861. As noted earlier, I felt that stuart1861 deserved extra credit for being the only person who knew about the secession of Louds Island, so his score is shown as 230+.

Here are the scores for all those who answered at least one question correctly during February.

stuart1861 230+
DBF 230
ErnieMac 230
sarladaise 230
Soldier Boy 230
Faraway Friend 220
General Casey 220
hughes 220
Michigander...

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April 2020 PotM Accepting Entries!

Mar 04

If you love to take photos at Civil War battlefields or Reenactments, you can now post your best shots in our Monthly Contest!

Be sure to read the rules, some rules have been changed and we have added new rules

Rules:

Each Member may submit one (1) photo per monthly contest.
The person submitting the photo must be the photographer.
Photo must have been taken within the last 2 years
Photo may be from a Reenactment, Battlefield, or any other Civil War subject matter.
Once a photo is submitted to a Monthly Contest, it cannot be entered into any future Monthly Contest.
All submissions must be entered...

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