Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Attempted Theft Of Presidential Documents Valued in Millions

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Police in Baltimore, Maryland have arrested two men in the attempted theft of various historic documents worth millions of dollars from the...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Summer Intern Makes New Lincoln Discovery

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Although I'm currently on vacation on the Turkish Aegean coast, I felt I had to share some interesting news with my readers about a new ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Remembering Colonel Elmer Ellsworth

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Today marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Union Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the first notable death of the American Civil War. He was b...
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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Book Review: My Thoughts Be Bloody

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What motivated the actor John Wilkes Booth into committing one of the most infamous crimes in American history, the assassination of Abraha...
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Movie Review: The Conspirator

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Robert Redford's latest film, The Conspirator , tells the "story behind the story" of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on ...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Financial Cost Of The Civil War

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The American Civil War which began 150 years ago on April 12, 1861 exacted an unfathomable number of deaths: approximately 620,000 men died...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Commemorating The American Civil War

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As I wrote in my previous post, today is of course the 150 th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. On April 12, 1861 th...
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