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7 min read 2022-06-18 00:00:00

5 Wild Dakotas Destinations to Elevate Your Summer Travel Plans

Early experiences in the Dakotas provided valuable inspiration for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. That inspiration

7 min read 2022-06-18 00:00:00

Early experiences in the Dakotas provided valuable inspiration for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. That inspiration

1 min read 2022-04-19 01:13:58

April 19th in American Revolutionary War history is usually remembered as the day the “shot heard around the world” happened in the towns of

1 min read 2022-04-02 21:32:07

This Sunday on the Emerging Revolutionary War’s Facebook page, Robert Dunkerly will join the “Rev War Revelry” to discuss his newest

5 min read 2022-03-12 01:00:43

In mid-February some work travels took me to the Carolinas, and I decided to take a stretch break at Bentonville Battlefield in North Carolina.

7 min read 2022-03-10 01:00:33

In the Fall of 1862, the threat of invasion loomed large for the citizens of southcentral Pennsylvania. With General Robert E. Lee’s Army of

10 min read 2022-03-07 07:00:00

This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern

2 min read 2022-03-05 01:00:50

Chris Brown (left), Assistant Director and Jason Shaffer (right), Operations Manager of Civil War Trails work to clean up and repair the sign

8 min read 2022-03-02 19:00:00

This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern

1 min read 2022-03-02 07:00:23

The series on Civil War Forts is wrapping up, and – as usual – we’re collecting all the series’ articles into one post for easy reference in

5 min read 2022-03-02 01:00:20

Major General John Sappington Marmaduke around 1864. Courtesy of the Central Arkansas Library System. By mid to late October of 1864, Major General

5 min read 2022-02-27 01:00:39

It was in February 1861, just two months before the Civil War began, when seceding southern states began to seize control of federal forts after

12 min read 2022-02-25 19:00:00

This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern

3 min read 2022-02-25 07:00:26

In the evening of September 19, 1864, after the Third Battle of Winchester, Union cavalry commanders jousted their egos and boasted of their exploits

6 min read 2022-02-24 07:00:34

The 18th Connecticut Regiment joined General Robert Milroy’s command at Winchester, Virginia, in May 1863. Recruited in August 1862, the unit had