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Living history: for millions of Americans, the era of Lee and Lincoln is still open for visiting.
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Skip Coonts, a tall, gaunt man with a neatly trimmed gray beard, spends the work week installing windows and store-fronts in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. But this occupation is little more than a means to make money and pass time between Civil War re-enactments. "My job," he says, "is just a way of paying for the stuff I really want to do--which is to understand the war and the life of the Confederate soldier." Although he's modern enough to have an e-mail address, Coonts admits he sometimes wishes he lived in the 1860s: He prefers open windows to air conditioning, and walking to driving. He can also go on non-stop for 15 minutes on the history ...
- Civil War History Day September 27th at the Chicago Historical Society; USS...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 27, 2003 700+ words
...Museum Store and at a special Civil War book kiosk. Everyone is...experience daily life in a Civil War Encampment from 10:00...Chicago Historical Society. Re-enactors representing various Union and Confederate Civil War regiments will demonstrate...
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- Magazine article from: The Social Studies Dyson, Rick September 1, 2004 700+ words
The American Civil War, the War between the States, War of...Web sites devoted to the topic. Many Civil War sites are well done, but a number of...still runs high in America when the Civil War is discussed. The recent debate in...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hirsch, Jerry October 20, 1993 700+ words
...Ken Burns' documentary, ``The Civil War.'' Thousands of hobbyists spend their weekends dressing as Civil War soldiers, re-creating battles. Hollywood loves the Civil War. When Turner Pictures made...
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- Newspaper article from: Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA) November 30, 2006 700+ words
...come to the decision to use the words "civil war" when speaking of the situation in Iraq...situation in Iraq has deteriorated into civil war," Lauer said. "For the most part...agendas, can now be characterized as civil war." Tony Snow, the White House press...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire October 2, 2002 700+ words
...entry in its documentary series on the American Civil War. "Titled Civil War Minutes - Confederate," this set of two DVD...libraries and other institutions. Whereas the original Civil War Minutes, released in 2001, featured episodes...
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- Magazine article from: Michigan Historical Review Hall, Mitchell September 22, 1999 700+ words
The American Civil War stands as the great dividing point in...significant in relating the history of the Civil War. The following lists reflect their...eds. Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press...
- U.S. Civil War: For some, the battles still rage // Obsession with divisive...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Steve Huntley March 24, 1987 700+ words
...Australia has four American Civil War organizations. Newman has...problems of writing on the Civil War and in particular about...that when the man you're writing about is about to...later." Interest in the Civil War has waxed and waned over...
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