November 20, 2009 | Posted by javal During the Civil War, on October 25, 1864 three significant battles occurred in Kansas and the first of these has three names. In the pages of history, it was called the Battle of “The Mounds”, the Battle of Trading Post and the Battle of the Marais des Cygnes. To make matters worse or more difficult [...]
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November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal The Fort Scott National Historic Site will soon undergo its yearly transformation for a long-standing holiday tradition.
The Candlelight Tour, an event that takes place each holiday season at the historic site, has been a tradition in Fort Scott for nearly 30 years. During the tour, visitors will be able to watch volunteer re-enactors dressed in [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal It is not surprising that “Union” Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis who commanded the Department of Kansas is 1864 would state that, “The idea of “PRICE” being anywhere IN MISSOURI IS MONSTROUS! To those Missourians of the “northern persuasion” and there were a great many during the Civil War this was true! However, to those [...]
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October 6, 2009 | Posted by javal Civil War buffs can see troop encampments, re-enactors in period attire and an array of demonstrations this weekend at Forbes Field in Topeka.
Civil War Day and an Indian Wars Symposium are scheduled from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of the Kansas National Guard. There is no fee, but donations will be [...]
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September 17, 2009 | Posted by javal The war between North and South began in the West. In the 1850s, the fight over whether Kansas would allow slavery became so violent that it ignited the Civil War. As the guerilla war between southern “ruffians” and northern “jayhawkers” escalated out of control, the nation called it Bleeding Kansas.
Now, an important new book from [...]
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September 1, 2009 | Posted by javal Boom! sounded the cannon as Mr. Rezac’s class plugged its ears.
And so ended a lesson on the realities of what the students will learn in Jeff Rezac’s history classes.
Jim DeSelms and Charles Dugan showed up at Highland Park High School on Monday morning to demonstrate the tools of war. The pair has been at it [...]
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August 28, 2009 | Posted by javal Rarely are detailed glimpses of 19th century life in the Flint Hills available to the 21st century reader. A recently published book, “A Window on Flint Hills Folklife: The Mardin Ranch Diaries 1862-1863,” gives readers a glimpse into early life in Chase and Lyon counties.
Published by The Center for Great Plains Studies at Emporia State [...]
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August 18, 2009 | Posted by javal Maybe they could have just yelled “bang!”
A group of Civil War re-enactors were faced with that prospect last Saturday after City Hall leaders unexpectedly told them that they could not fire their weapons with blank ammunition as part of a re-enactment event for the community’s Civil War on the Western Frontier.
Members of the re-enactment group [...]
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August 17, 2009 | Posted by javal Alexander Gardner had just photographed some of the first battle images the world had ever seen. He photographed Civil War soldiers fresh-faced and ready to serve, and later, as they lay dead in fields.
The images would prompt Oliver Wendell Holmes to write:
“Let him who wishes to know what war is look at this…. It is [...]
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August 12, 2009 | Posted by javal Fort Scott will offer an evening tour highlighting dramatic scenes from the Civil War at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Those wishing to take the free tour should meet at the site’s visitor center.
Throughout the Civil War, Fort Scott was home to many important functions, including a supply depot, a training and recruitment center, an army general hospital, [...]
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