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The Higgins-Horrell Feud did not end his trouble in Texas. Rancher Pink Higgins was a practical man. If someone did him a hurt, he would hurt them back, often with a Winchester rifle—his weapon of choice even for close-up action. In 1874, 23-year-old Pink heard talk around Lampasas County, Texas, about a “miracle” birth in …
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Fire and Blood- Getting to VicksburgA Yankee flotilla encounters unforeseen adventures in its perilous attempt to find a back way to Vicksburg. During the winter and spring of 1863, Union General Ulysses S. Grant had… Read MoreAmerica’s Civil War Open Fire- July 2009Graffiti vandals taunt Gettysburg park officials Early in January, vandals left a sobering message on the venerable Peace Light Memorial at Gettysburg: “u can’t get us.” And, as of… Read MoreBleeding KansasThe Kansas-Nebraska Act turned peaceful prairies into battlegrounds. It can be argued that the Civil War actually began in 1854 when blood stained the prairie grass of the Kansas T… Read MoreInterview: A novelist’s approach to the Civil WarWriter Winston Groom, whose works range from Forrest Gump to Shrouds of Glory, returns to the Civil War with his new book, Vicksburg 1863. What prompted you to write about Vicksbur… Read MoreThe Great Emancipator’s mass executionAbraham Lincoln permitted the hanging of dozens of rebellious Sioux. Abraham Lincoln was arguably the most merciful man ever to occupy the White House. In his first year as preside… Read More
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