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The Grandest Charge

Barksdale’s Brigade:  Charge at Gettysburg   “I am sure that it was the grandest charge that was ever seen by mortal man.” Those are the words of Union Colonel Worthen, whose men at Gettysburg tried – and failed – to stand against General Barksdale’s Mississippi brigade. Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. 

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A Successful Southern Secession

The Conch Rebellion:  They Fought with Bread      It was the 1980’s, and drug smuggling was a noisy issue.  Runners would take delivery of the stuff off shore, then travel north to big cities.  So the Federal Government came up with a brilliant plan:  the Border Patrol placed a roadblock at the northern limits of

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Confederate Louisiana Republic

Louisiana seceded from the Union on the 26th of January, 1861, becoming a sovereign nation. The Confederate States of America did not yet exist.  Meanwhile this land considered itself an independent country, and was preparing for its defense.  Soldiers like the one you see above were being rallied to the cause. One of the first

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Legends of the Stars and Bars

­ After its birth the First National Flag of the Confederacy became known as the Stars and Bars.   Now some may raise their eyebrows, believing that term applies to the Confederate Battle Flag.  I don’t want to upset anyone, but the Battle Flag was known to soldiers as the Southern Cross.  (I’ve written about its

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