Inheriting the War: Poetry & Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees, edited by Laren McClung, W.W. Norton & Company, 2017 Edited by award-winning poet Laren McClung, Inheriting the War exposes the toll that war, and the Vietnam War in particular, takes on soldiers and families alike. Fifty years since the Vietnam War, through poetry …
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This abolitionist/women’s rights advocate was the first to wear the Bloomer costume in America.
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When Duty Whispers: Concord and the Civil War Concord Museum, Through September 18, 2011 concordmuseum.org The Concord Museum in Concord, Mass., is well stocked with artifacts that tell of the town’s founding, its Revolutionary heritage and the legacy of local Transcendentalists and authors such as Louisa May Alcott. The museum’s current “When Duty Whispers” exhibit …
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Divided Voices: Maryland in the Civil War Maryland Historical Society Through April 2015, with annual updates mdhs.org Two artifacts on view at the Maryland Historical Society capture the breadth not only of its “Divided Voices” exhibit, but in some ways the war itself. One extreme is reflected in the ravaged artillery jacket worn by Confederate …
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The Civil War in Mississippi: Major Campaigns and Battles by Michael Ballard, University Press of Mississippi The war came to Mississippi in the spring of 1862 when Henry Halleck’s large Union army crept over the border following the Battle of Shiloh. Before the state officially surrendered in May 1865, more than 94,000 men would join …
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The Notorious “Bull” Nelson: Murdered Civil War General by Donald A. Clark, Southern Illinois University Press William “Bull” Nelson, a successful lieutenant commander in the antebellum U.S. Navy who served in the Union Army during the war, is perhaps best remembered for being killed by a fellow officer in a fit of pique in 1862. …
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The Battle of South Mountain by John David Hoptak, The History Press It seems almost futile to hope that the impressive scholarship on the Maryland Campaign produced in the past few years might bring the events of September 1862 out of the shadow of the Army of Northern Virginia’s second excursion north of the Potomac …
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