The Civil War Battle of Lexington, Missouri is also known as the Battle of Hemp Bales. As you may know, hemp is a variety of the Cannabis plant that is used for making rope.Some quick background. Missouri was sort of neutral in early 1861. Then Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to put down the rebellion.
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“Fightin’ Joe” Wheeler has the distinction of serving as both a Confederate General in the Civil War, and later as a U.S. Army General. That’s him in the photo, in front of the others. Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1859. After completing Cavalry School, he was posted to Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
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Arizona State Rep. Geraldine Peten is placing Rep Todd Clodfelter on a harrassment report for his laptop screensaver display of a confederate report seen during a routine required meeting among the representatives. Ms Peten is claiming the display creates a “hostile work environment.” Ms Peten, a democrat from Goodyear, will be discussing the issue with
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When a battle raged, Rebels and Yankees fought like the devil. But when things were quiet, they often got along rather well. Private Sam Watkins had recently been in the thick of battle at Chickamauga – only Gettysburg saw more casualties. It was Sunday and Sam and his buddies were relieving a guard detail on
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Texan John Bell Hood was not one to back down, on or off the battlefield.At the end of the Second Battle of Manassas 1862, Hood’s men captured some Union ambulances, and he allowed the men to keep them for the brigade’s personal use. General N. G. Evans ordered him to turn them over. But Hood
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Vandals covered a statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Middle Tennessee with pink paint, the second time in four months the monument had been targeted. The attack was part of a wave of vandalism against Confederate monuments across the country, and the statue had been a frequent target for years. The Forrest Statue Along
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Orlando’s “Johnny Reb” Confederate statue has a new home. After more than a century in downtown Lake Eola Park, the 106-year-old memorial was taken down in 2017 and moved to Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, where many of the city’s Confederate veterans are buried. Critics had pushed for its removal, while heritage supporters fought to keep
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There is a side of the Civil War that many don’t know about, or just ignore. It was not so unusual for troops from opposite sides to mingle, talk and share or trade items, and generally act friendly when not engaged in fighting each other. Here is a portion of a letter sent from a
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Some may wonder why the South remembers the Civil War as it does. After all, the losses were horrific to both North and South. Most of the war was fought on Southern soil. Small towns and countryside were trampled, occupied and battered for years. Major urban centers were ripped to pieces. The burning of Atlanta
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A biographer has called him the “Tejano Tiger.” His name is Col. Santos Benavides. He was the highest-ranking Hispanic in the Confederacy. Over 10,000 Tejanos, the Mexican-American inhabitants of southern Texas, fought in the Civil War in South Texas in over 100 significant battles. Here is his inspirational story. Before serving with the Confederacy, Benavides
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