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Legend holds that on 21 Nov 1864, President Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to Lydia Bixby, ...
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The Medal of Honor
July 12th, 2011, by denny
On 12 July 1862, President Lincoln authorized the awarding of a US Army Medal of Honor, ...
Listen & More...The Battle of Gettysburg
July 3rd, 2011, by denny
On 3 Jul 1863, the 3rd day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pickett’s charge, Gen Robert ...
Listen & More...Memorial Day
May 30th, 2011, by denny
On 30 May 1868, by proclamation of General John Logan of the Grand Army of the ...
Listen & More...Cinco de Mayo
May 6th, 2011, by denny
May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, is the date of the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French ...
Listen & More...The Civil War and today
April 12th, 2011, by denny
On 12 Apr 1861, the bloodiest 4 years in American history began when Confederate shore batteries ...
Listen & More...The American Civil War
April 9th, 2011, by denny
On 9 April 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses ...
Listen & More...A Republic
February 3rd, 2011, by denny
Today in 1865 President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens held a shipboard peace ...
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