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| | | | | The Fourth of July has always been an important day in the U.S. It marks the day in 1776 when the colonies issued the Declaration of Independence from the British Empire. A new nation was born, at least for a little while. In 1861 that nation was torn apart by a bloody Civil War that saw its turning point on another fourth of July, that of 1863. On that day the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. The Union army had been trying to take it since the beginning of the war. The fortified city was the key to the Mississippi River. If the North could control the river it would cut ... | |
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| | | | | Pickett's Charge is one of the most infamous attacks of the American Civil War. This post seeks to analyze the attack and why it failed. | |
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| | | | | One of my all-time favorite movies is Ron Maxwell's 1993 epic Gettysburg, a historical masterpiece that focuses on the events of the Battle of Gettysburg from the perspectives of four of its key players on opposing sides: Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, and John Buford. Filmed on location at Gettysburg National Military... | |
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| | | I've read all the Narnia novels many times, but since I don't have an entry for any of them in my book diary that means I haven't read them since 2008. This Christmas I plan to reread them all, and I finished The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe two nights ago. There was some... | ||
