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In the final dual of the season, the No. 10 Nebraska wrestling team battled No. 2 Iowa to the end but ultimately it was the Hawkeyes who secured a 20-15 triumph in front of 3,170 fans at the Devaney C

In the final dual of the season, the No. 10 Nebraska wrestling team battled No. 2 Iowa to the end but ultimately it was the Hawkeyes who secured a 20-15 triumph in front of 3,170 fans at the Devaney C

Story Links Final Standings Mid-Winter Invitational Final Standings Jonesboro, Ark - The Nebraska bowling team earned their fourth tournament title of the 2021-22 season at the Mid-Winter Invitational. "This was a dominating performance by the team this weekend in a strong 18 team field," said Head Coach Paul Klempa. "We

>> this right here? no, not anymore. >> this is quite a section of your family history. what will you do with it now? >> ill probably give it to my children. we dont get to choose our names when were born and we have to do whatever we can to live up to it, ive to some extent ducked that legacy. but also honored in the the same way. >> ed is not done fighting the battle over his strange inheritance. for one thing, he think there is should be a statue right here at gettysburg honoring his great, g...

Jamie: in 2001 ticket wins the second legal battle over in 2001, ed pickett leads a civil war battle over his artifacts passed down from his great-great grandfather confederate general george pickett. but ed feels its a hollow victory as those artifacts go on display at the newly opened national civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania, whose mayor wrote pickett a letter endorsing the con man whod swindled him. >> whats most unfortunate is that the city of harrisburg is quite willing to ta...

Best friend.d he followed me m arounde like a puppy. helped me carry dry wall to a construction site. he sat on the beach with my children while my wife and i d a went surfing.w he kept asking "can i see the artifacts?" >> ed finally fam agrees to shoh pritchard whats inside that old family suitcase. the next few hours are a revelation for ed. that old cap is called a keppie and it was worn a by general , pickett at gettysburg. theres his bloodstained uniform sleeve, personal letters, photos, hi...

Territory. was that the high watermark? >> thats the high watermark.cy from that point on the fortunesa of the confederacy started to o wane. rolina >> just knowing that picketts d charge is a disaster for ed imr charge is a disaster for ed imr the 1960s. eres >> i had other interests that seemed to be more important to me at the time. >> heold certainly has no inter in this old suitcase of familiary loom family a heirlooms that his familye his inherited. when his parentse to divorced hv father ...

>> three years later in the summer of 1998, ed accepts an invitation to a dinner and hes introduced to historian earl coates. >> i knew he was an expert in clothing. i asked him how much would a keppie be worth. >> it stunned me. i said "you mean the generals?" he said "yeah." whoa. >> and of course at that moment the room got very silent. he said "well, it could be worth a lot of money, $200,000, $250,000" just for the keppie alone. i said "thats more than i got for everything. >> but ed doesnt...

"theres this legacy you have. its going to be yours one day.p and i would become b like, yeah, okay, can i go outside and playb >> whether he appreciates it or not, ed takes possession of the suitcase in the early 90s. its his by family tradition at the first born pickett male. a after his 70-year-old mother used into an assisted living t facility. she warns her son to remove it e from the family home before ot someone steals it. t o >> i gotut it out of the closeti no didnt take the time right ...

The civil war collecting world m rumors spread that a metal case full of general pickett epte artifacts is still in the familys possession in north m carolina. in september, 1995, ed gets a call from a guy named russell h pritchard in philadelphia. pritchard says hes an antiquesa appraiser looking for artifacts to buy for a new civil war ndof museum being built in be harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> i was a little bit standoffish because i didnt believe him. may >> a few weeks later, a letter p arri...