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Art Callaham: Lincoln, others did right thing by doing their duty
How many of you have seen the movie “Lincoln” produced and directed by Steven Spielberg? If you haven’t, make sure you do. The movie is a “tour de force” in the art of the possible and how “politics” work....Tags: Elections, Steven Spielberg, U.S. Congress, Entertainment, Abraham Lincoln
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Slave documents available for researchers
By Linda Irvin Craig Special to The Herald-Mail For a change of pace from extolling the accomplishments of the Washington County Historical Society over its 100-year history, this month's column focuses on a current effort to enhance the offerings...Tags: Libraries, Science and Technology, Geneva (Seminole, Florida), Research, Arts and Culture
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Tolson's Chapel rededicated on 150th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
Tolson’s Chapel in Sharpsburg hosted a rededication ceremony over the weekend, on the 150th anniversary of the release of the Emancipation Proclamation. The ceremony was attended by Robert Stanton, the senior adviser to the Secretary of the...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Antietam National Battlefield
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Voice of living historians reach across time
marieg@herald-mail.comHistory doesn’t linger only in old structures or on the pages of a book. Sometimes, it’s found in the voice of a living historian who reaches across time to provide a glimpse of people from a distant century. Through stories, speeches and...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes, Baltimore County, Relief and Aid Organizations
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We were reluctant witnesses to history
timr@herald-mail.comWestern Maryland bills itself as the crossroads of the Civil War, which is true enough as far as it goes. But Western Maryland in 1860 was also the crossroads of America, and factions on all sides were competing for our souls. We were the undecideds,...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Fiction
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History and agriculture come together at Antietam National Battlefield
One-hundred-and-fifty years ago Monday, this county was the scene of the bloodiest single day of the Civil War or the War of Northern Aggression. If you are a frequent reader of this column, then you know I am almost as passionate about history as I...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln
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In the Cornfield, Antietam re-enactors experience calm before the storm
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comJeffrey Baldwin spent Sunday night in the Cornfield at Antietam National Battlefield with about 40 other people and nothing but a blanket, re-creating the experience of soldiers at the battle waged there 150 years earlier. “It was incredibly...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Battle of Antietam, Antietam National Battlefield
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Students catch glimpse of life during Civil War
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comKristy Tarner of Halfway was among a group of Springfield Middle School students at the Sesquicentennial Antietam Reenactment site Friday learning about the different flags the Confederates used during the Civil War. “It was the stars and bars...Tags: Education, Wars and Interventions, Schools, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Teaching and Learning
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Sisters in arms found their way to war
timr@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: Tim Rowland is a Herald-Mail columnist and the author of “Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War.” A wounded Dutchman lay writhing in a makeshift Washington, D.C., hospital following the Battle of Bull Run, a...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Breads, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Malaria
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Blacks braved bigotry to fight
marieg@herald-mail.comThe muster rolls tell a unique story of the Civil War — one that contradicts the stereotype of a struggle between white farmers, North and South. Scan the record books and you'll find Union Shawnee and rebel Choctaws, Confederate rabbis and Arab...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Economy, Business and Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues, Health and Medical Professionals
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High hopes in Harpers Ferry
julieg@herald-mail.comEditor's note: It has been 150 years since the Civil War moved into Washington County and North and South met Sept. 17, 1862, on a battlefield along Antietam Creek. The following story is part of a package of stories that look back at the Battle of...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Elections, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jefferson County (Pennsylvania)
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'Lincoln, The Constitution and The Civil War' opens at Hagerstown Community College
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comAndrew Drum had never seen a picture of the Bible used in President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861, but that changed Monday with a picture that is part of a display of Civil War-period images and information in the Kepler Center at...Tags: Middletown, Justice and Rights, Wars and Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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