For the settlers on the frontier, the construction of a barn sometimes took precedence even over the building of a[…]
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Month: February 2012
Tennessee Commemorates 150th Anniversary of Battle of Shiloh
SHILOH, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Shiloh National Military Park, a masterpiece of Civil War interpretation and preservation, will hold the 150th[…]
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Battle of Beecher Island, Wray, Colorado
The Battle of Beecher Island, also known as the Battle of Arikaree Fork, was an armed conflict between elements of[…]
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Baca House, Trinidad, Colorado
Felipe Baca, a farmer from Northern New Mexico, settled in the area around Trinidad in 1860, drawn by the good[…]
Read moreBattlefield National Cemetery Washington, D.C.
On July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers who died while defending Washington, D.C. from a two day Confederate attack (known[…]
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