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In the summer of 1862, the Civil War had been a reality in the United States for about a year. Due to the lack of news sources in those days, citizens were not well informed about battles and skirmishes going on around them. They relied on newspapers and word of mouth coming through the stagecoach lines, railways or by telegraph. Unfortunately, Kirksville did not have the latter two sources in 1862. Perhaps the locals had heard of the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas in ...

Little Round Top is soon expected to reopen to visitors, Gettysburg National Military Park Communications Specialist Jason Martz said.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

DirtDirt was the allure of Athens in the early 1800s.

For about five years now, I’ve been wanting to go to Shiloh National Military Park in Shiloh, Tennessee. I had trips lined up but something always came up.

I thought it would be interesting to “dig up” the last words said by people throughout history before they died.