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Thursday evening, April 1st, at 7:00 - “The City that Stood to the End: Mobile, Alabama, 1865” by Bill Potter Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
On Thursday, April 1st at 7:00, in honor of Confederate History Month, historian Bill Potter will present a program at The Circa …
Book Review: April 1865, The Month That Saved America
Author: Jay Winik
Even those with a cursory knowledge of American history are likely to be aware of …
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April is the month that the War for Southern Independence began in 1861 and ended in 1865. …
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I have many good memories of President Lincoln. He was a man of many stories, a huge heart with a heavy and lonely burden for …
Fruit
In a recent essay on the Circa History Guild website, historian Richard Freeman wrote regarding the Christian faith of Abraham Lincoln. His conclusions concerning the …
Yes, Lincoln was a Christian
But his conversion came late in life
If you are like me, you may have assumed that Lincoln was a …
Revision
Quiz time. What general wrote the following words?:
“To the petulant and persistent secessionists, why death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed …
It was my honor and privilege to have visited the battlefield at Gettysburg over the period of July 1-3 this year. It was my …
An elderly man with a long white beard and wearing a uniform, sits on the ground peering at the camera. …