History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » CWT Today http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Fri, 24 May 2013 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Mobile Gains CSS Alabama Cannon http://www.historynet.com/mobile-gains-css-alabama-cannon.htm http://www.historynet.com/mobile-gains-css-alabama-cannon.htm#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:44:40 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682163
Crewmen aboard CSS Alabama pose next to the same type of 32-pounder that was recovered from the ship's wreck site. Courtesy of the Museum of Mobile.The state of Alabama never saw the sloop CSS Alabama, which was built for the …

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Future Congressman James Ashley helped 24 slaves escape from bondage in Kentucky when he was 17.The Research History class at Washington High School is working to see that their favorite abolitionist gets a spot in the U.S. Capitol. For these …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/students-campaign-for-james-ashely.htm/feed 0 Gettysburg Grows by 45 Acres: December/January 2010 http://www.historynet.com/gettysburg-grows-by-45-acres-decemberjanuary-2010.htm http://www.historynet.com/gettysburg-grows-by-45-acres-decemberjanuary-2010.htm#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:58:34 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681622 Gettysburg residents Wayne and Susan Hill recently donated 45 acres to the Gettysburg Foundation. Located near the eastern base of Big Round Top at the southern end of the battlefield, the acreage encompasses an area where Union skirmishers maneuvered on …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/gettysburg-grows-by-45-acres-decemberjanuary-2010.htm/feed 0 New Missouri Park to Honor 1st Kansas Colored Infantry: October/November 2009 http://www.historynet.com/new-missouri-park-to-honor-1st-kansas-colored-infantry-octobernovember-2009.htm http://www.historynet.com/new-missouri-park-to-honor-1st-kansas-colored-infantry-octobernovember-2009.htm#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:49:48 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681621 State officials as well as volunteers are working to establish a state park in an area of Bates County, Mo., where the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry skirmished with Confederate guerrillas in October 1862. The encounter is known today as the …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/new-missouri-park-to-honor-1st-kansas-colored-infantry-octobernovember-2009.htm/feed 0 Ever Heard a Real Rebel Yell?: August/September 2009 http://www.historynet.com/ever-heard-a-real-rebel-yell-augustseptember-2009.htm http://www.historynet.com/ever-heard-a-real-rebel-yell-augustseptember-2009.htm#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:40:16 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681620 Many Union soldiers wrote about the soul-chilling yells of attacking Confederates. Thanks to the Museum of the Confederacy, you can hear the real thing on a CD featuring the authentic yell as performed by two elderly Confederate veterans. The two …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/ever-heard-a-real-rebel-yell-augustseptember-2009.htm/feed 0 Welcome Aboard USS Water Witch: June/July 2009 http://www.historynet.com/welcome-aboard-uss-water-witch-junejuly-2009.htm http://www.historynet.com/welcome-aboard-uss-water-witch-junejuly-2009.htm#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:22:21 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681618 USS Water Witch is scheduled to be commissioned on April 4, 2009, at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Ga. That weekend also marks the first time the painstakingly replicated vessel will open to the public.

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]]> http://www.historynet.com/welcome-aboard-uss-water-witch-junejuly-2009.htm/feed 0 Key Third Winchester Site Saved: April/May 2009 http://www.historynet.com/key-third-winchester-site-saved.htm http://www.historynet.com/key-third-winchester-site-saved.htm#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:10:40 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681617 http://www.historynet.com/key-third-winchester-site-saved.htm/feed 0 They're Called Killing Grounds for a Reason: February/March 2009 http://www.historynet.com/theyre-called-killing-grounds-for-a-reason.htm http://www.historynet.com/theyre-called-killing-grounds-for-a-reason.htm#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:11:52 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681546 http://www.historynet.com/theyre-called-killing-grounds-for-a-reason.htm/feed 1