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Did McClellan get a bad rap? Debate goes on
The argument over the performance of the Union commander on the nation's bloodiest day is far from settled. Major Gen. George B. McClellan was sacked by President Abraham Lincoln less than two months after the Battle of Antietam. For more than a...Tags: Battle of Antietam, Wars and Interventions, Abraham Lincoln, Lake County (Illinois), Unions
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Herman Cain is the flavor of the month, and those melt fast
The world according to polls, or some part of it anyway, is telling us that former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain is now the frontrunner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The latest NBC News/Wall Street public opinion survey has him...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Rick Perry, Donald Trump, Executive Branch
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147 years ago, a neighbor saved Westminster from ransom … or destruction
On July 10, 1864, a large contingent of Confederate cavalry was moving out of Westminster. A day earlier, it had arrived at dusk with a ominous mission:
Hold the town for ransom … or burn it to the ground.
What unfolded in Westminster in July...Tags: History, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Elections, Timonium, Baltimore County
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A much-respected, and conflicted, general of the Confederacy
Former Confederate Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston caught a cold while attending the funeral in New York City for his former Civil War adversary, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, in 1891. A month later, he died in Washington and was buried in a non-...Tags: Patrick Henry, Unions, West Point, Government, Thomas Jefferson
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Sands of time: From the farm to the city
SMITHFIELD, N.C. — This used to be tobacco country. Still is, but the demand for tobacco is down, the demand for soybeans and sweet potatoes is up, and the farmers have adjusted accordingly. This is not a land of pretense. On the highway leading...Tags: New York Yankees, Baseball, Homes, High Schools, Frank Sinatra
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Story of Woodlawn Vase has many twists — and some are even true
Gunfire. Skullduggery. Bones in the attic.
The story behind the story of the Preakness trophy reads like a great Southern novel.
The Woodlawn Vase has its roots in pre-Civil War Kentucky. It was even buried there to keep it from falling into the wrong...Tags: Equestrian, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Wars and Interventions, The New York Times, FedEx Corporation
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Hiking Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania
Midway between Washington and Richmond, this town on the Rappahannock River was fought over and around repeatedly. There are four different battlefields and related historic sites at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure, Homes, Real Estate, Injuries and Wounds
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Congress must help Bush round up all the suspects
WHAT'S THE difference between being held as a material witness and being detained without trial? Anyone? Anyone? It's a question that has popped up since Sept. 11, when terrorists hijacked four jets and crashed two into the Word Trade Center twin...Tags: Justice System, Laws, Court Administration, Local Government, Executive Branch
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History lessons in Lynchburg area
Special To The SunAdrive around Virginia's Lynchburg area links history from Thomas Jefferson's era to the end of the Civil War to June 6, 1944. Lynchburg, which traces its beginnings to a ferry established by John Lynch in 1757, is the site of Poplar Forest, an octagonal...Tags: John Lynch, Death, History, Restaurants, Tourism and Leisure
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Georgetown before Georgetown became cool
Special To The SunPart 3 of a three-part series about Georgetown. GEORGETOWN - Never mind that the oldest neighborhood in the nation's capital doesn't possess an instantly recognizable ZIP code, a la Beverly Hills 90210. Instead, Georgetown's cachet stems from its...Tags: Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, African Americans, The Washington Post, Metal and Mineral
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Well-schooled
Special to SunSpotAs you start to acquaint yourself with Maryland's colleges, you might discover some basic facts. For instance, you'll learn that the University of Maryland College Park is the largest college in the state, Goucher College was once an all-female...Tags: National Basketball Association, Linda Hamilton, Colleges and Universities, Kathleen Turner, John Waters
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Ses-qui-cen-ten-ni-al'
When it comes to American history, the Civil War remains a topic that's charged with emotion. So it's disappointing that there's not more passion at the heart of "Ses•qui•cen•ten•ni•al – The Civil War Remembered," a one-...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Orlando, U.S. Military
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