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		<title>Civil War Preservation Trust&#8217;s Franklin Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I have more than a passing interest in the Battle of Franklin.  I have visited the battlefield many times, and have always been in awe of the sacrifice made there by the soldiers on both sides.  The battle was ferocious and has often been called Pickett&#8217;s Charge of the West.  [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/03/09/civil-war-preservation-trusts-franklin-campaign/</link>
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		<title>John C. Black &#8211; Lieutenant Colonel 37th Illinois Infantry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a short narrative of the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas
I recently finished reading Professor William L. Shea’s newest book, “Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign.”  This is an excellent book on the little known Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.  I am hoping to have a text based interview with Dr. Shea published in [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/02/28/john-c-black-lieutenant-colonel-37th-illinois-infantry/</link>
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		<title>Absence of posts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since last Thursday evening, I have been on somewhat of a sabbatical leading close to 30 men on a Catholic/Christian retreat.  I consider teaming on retreats to be the highest calling I have.  Helping a group of men become closer to our LORD satisfies me at a level nothing else can come close to.  There were many [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/02/22/absence-of-posts/</link>
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		<title>Fort Donelson is Surrendered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is an important day in Civil War history.  US Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant received the “unconditional surrender” of Fort Donelson.  Meeting him at the Dover Hotel, was his old friend, CSA Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner who surrendered his entire garrison – nearly 12,400 Confederate soldiers were surrendered and would make their way to Cairo, [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/02/16/fort-donelson-is-surrendered/</link>
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		<title>Abraham Lincoln Remembered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today would be Abraham Lincoln’s 201st birthday.  Our 16th president went from the most humble beginnings, in northern Kentucky, to the highest office in United States.  With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Lincoln was able to educate himself and eventually become an attorney, in Springfield, Illinois.  Before being killed, by John Wilkes Booth, he would [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/02/12/abraham-lincoln-remembered/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Wayne Hsieh, author of &#8220;West Pointers and the Civil War&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading Wayne Hsieh’s new book, “West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace.”  Published by UNC Press, it is Mr. Hsieh’s first book.  Hsieh is Assistant Professor of History at the United States Naval Academy and teaches courses on 19th Century U.S. Military History and the Civil [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/02/10/interview-with-wayne-hsieh-author-of-west-pointers-and-the-civil-war/</link>
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		<title>A Winter Trip to Indiana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week, I had a business trip to Indianapolis.  As I do on many of my road trips, I took my camera gear with me.  While there are no Civil War battlefields in the Indianapolis area, there are many historical monuments.  Additionally, there are a significant amount of Civil War notables buried in the state.
Indiana [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/02/07/a-winter-trip-to-indiana/</link>
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		<title>5th New York Infantry &#8211; Duryée Zouaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 5th New York Infantry regiment, also known as Duryée’s Zouaves was organized in New York City after President Abraham Lincoln’s call for the states to send 75,000 state militiamen “in order to suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed.”(i)  They were officially mustered into Federal service, on May 9, 1861, as a [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/02/02/5th-new-york-infantry-duryee-zouaves/</link>
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		<title>The Battle of Stones River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Battle of Stones River was fought from December 31, 1862 through January 2, 1863.  Fought in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the battle is often overlooked by Civil War students.  However, this sanguinary battle was a resounding Federal victory, pushing the Confederate Army of Tennessee out of the central portion of the state.  With a combined strength, [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/01/22/the-battle-of-stones-river/</link>
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		<title>Thomas Y. Cartwright Interview at the Famous Lotz House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to meet with Thomas Y. Cartwright, expert historian on the Battle of Franklin, at the Lotz House.  This interview compliments my three part series on CSA General John Bell Hood’s 1864 Franklin-Nashville Campaign (click HERE for Part 1 and HERE for Part 2).  Mr. Cartwright recently partnered with the Lotz House [...]<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://thismightyscourge.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
		<link>http://thismightyscourge.com/2010/01/18/thomas-y-cartwright-interview-at-the-famous-lotz-house/</link>
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