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		<title>Herdegen Named Chairman of Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems every state that was a stakeholder in the Civil War has made announcements regarding sesquicentennial activities.  Wisconsin is taking it seriously.  They have appointed historian and author, Lance Herdegen, as chairman of the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.  Herdegen authored the widely acclaimed book, &#8220;Those Damned Black Hats: The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign.&#8221;  [...]<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/2010/09/02/herdegen-named-chairman/</link>
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		<title>100 Best Books on War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Davies recently emailed me about a list of top books on war that he has compiled.  He has included books on Gettysburg and the Civil War.  There were a couple of surprises on the list, but for most part they are all top-notch.  Check out his list: 100 Best Books on War.<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/2010/09/02/100-best-books-on-war/</link>
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		<title>Video Trailer on Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Savas Beatie, LLC has released a new video trailer on Charlie Knight&#8217;s recently released book, &#8220;Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Campaign, May 1864.&#8221;  To watch the video click on the following link. Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market -video trailer I interviewed Charlie in May.  To [...]<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/2010/09/02/video-trailer-on-valley-thunder-the-battle-of-new-market/</link>
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		<title>Our Gettysburg Legacy &#8211; A Must See Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Pennsylvania Gaming Commission held a hearing on the proposed casino in Gettysburg.  The fight is definitely not over and the Civil War Preservation Trust needs your support to fight this abomination.  There is no reason to build this casino adjacent to one of the most hallowed pieces of ground in the United States.  [...]<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/2010/08/31/our-gettysburg-legacy-a-must-see-video/</link>
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		<title>GBPA Comes Out For the Gettysburg Casino</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazing!  What were they thinking?  The Gettysburg Battlefield Protection Association has come out in favor of the the proposed Mason-Dixon Resort casino.  This is without a doubt the craziest position a battlefield protection group could take.  Check out Eric Wittenberg&#8217;s recent post on this news item &#8211; then go to the Civil War Preservation Trust [...]<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/2010/08/30/gbpa-comes-out-for-the-gettysburg-casino/</link>
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		<title>Humming Missiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Suddenly a great bank of white smoke pushes upward from behind the wall. Another and another &#8211; a dozen roll up before the thunder of the explosions and the humming of the missiles themselves come bounding through clouds of dust into our covert, knocking over here and there a man and causing a temporary distraction, [...]<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/2010/08/29/humming-missiles/</link>
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		<title>Battle of Second Manassas (Bull Run)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the start of the Battle of Second Manassas.  Fought on the same ground as the opening battle of the Civil War, thirteen months earlier, Second Manassas was a sanguinary battle.  To read more about the battle check out the article I wrote last year: Battle of Second Manassas &#8211; The Fields Again Turn [...]<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/2010/08/28/battle-of-second-manassas-bull-run/</link>
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		<title>A Visit to Post Cemetery at West Point -Photo Essay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Military Academy at West Point is steeped in tradition.  Originally established as headquarters for General George Washington in 1779 it was quickly recognized as a strategic position for the Colonial Army as it provided a commanding view of the Hudson River.  Fortress West Point would never be captured by the British. As [...]<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/2010/08/26/a-visit-to-post-cemetery-at-west-point-photo-essay/</link>
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		<title>The Mystery of Stonewall Jackson&#8217;s Missing Arm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK.  I admit it.  I am always enthralled by a conspiracy theory.  I am also a Stonewall Jackson student four generations removed from one of the most venerated of  Confederate commanders.  I recently came upon the linked article about Jackson&#8217;s famous missing arm and was immediately intrigued by the possibility that I might learn the [...]<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/2010/08/24/the-mystery-of-stonewall-jacksons-missing-arm/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Ronald C. White, Jr., Author of A. Lincoln: A Biography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In conjunction with Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday many books were published on our sixteenth United States President.  In January 2009, Random House released one of the best books of the busy year, “A. Lincoln: A Biography.”  Written by renowned Lincoln historian, Ronald C. White, Jr., it would become the flagship of the many Lincoln works [...]<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/2010/08/20/interview-with-ronald-c-white-jr-author-of-a-lincoln-a-biography/</link>
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