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Obama's first pardon: A turkey named 'Courage'...members of our American family are hurting." Obama noted that President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a holiday in the midst of the Civil War, "when the future of our very union was most in doubt." "This is an era of new perils and new... In this article: Barack Obama, Thanksgiving, National Turkey Federation, White House, The Bond Buyer, Civil War, George H.W. Bush, and Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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Playbill.com | 2 days ago
Amelia, a Two-Actor Civil War Romance, Gets NYC Reading Nov. 23
...has come in here after her man." Webb explained, "Amelia is the story of one woman's odyssey across the battlefields of the American Civil War in search of her husband, Ethan. Amelia's story reaches a crescendo at the gates of...
In this article: Civil War, Andersonville, The Andersonville Trial, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Library of Congress, and New York City
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Oregon Live | November 16, 2009
Pac-10 football: Wins by Oregon, Oregon State this week would set up a dynamite Civil War. News, notes & links
By The Oregonian's Ken Goe and Mike Tokito Pac-10 football: Wins by Oregon, Oregon State this week would set up a dynamite Civil War. News, notes & links Thomas Boyd/The OregonianOregon receiver Jeff Maehl stretches to snag a TD pass...
In this article: Oregon State, Oregon, Rose Bowl, Pac-10, Civil War, Golden Bears, Stanford, Arizona, California, and Jahvid Best
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Addicted to Quack | November 16, 2009
Quack Fix: Ducks prepare for place of evil, possible Civil War for roses, basketball starts season with sweep
...had a rough night, which is encouraging for Duck fans. As for the always crazy Pac-10 race. If Oregon and OSU win this weekend, it'll be a Civil War for the Rose Bowl. As for other scenarios, well, I'll let new SBNation blog BCS Evolution...
In this article: Civil War, Oregon, Arizona, Pac-10, and Rose Bowl
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Philly.com | November 15, 2009
A military analyst's insights on Civil War
The American Civil War has been exhaustively researched and written about. Popular and scholarly historians from Alan Nevins and Shelby Foote to James McPherson and Stephen Sears, not to mention scores of others, have all rendered their...
In this article: John Keegan, History, World War I, Winfield Scott, Ulysses S. Grant, Legal age, Napoleonic Wars, World War II, and San Francisco Chronicle
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New Kerala | November 14, 2009
China equates Tibet to US Civil War
Beijing, Nov.14 : China has equated the unrest prevailing in Tibet to the US Civil War of the 1860s. In a special message for President Barack Obama, Beijing said he (Obama) is black, he admires Abraham Lincoln, so he, of all people,...
In this article: Barack Obama, China, US Civil War, Tibet, Dalai Lama, Beijing, Abraham Lincoln, Expansionism, and Taiwan
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Huffington Post | November 13, 2009
Utah Becomes A Battleground In The GOP's Civil War
Utah has emerged as an improbable battleground in the fight for the future of the GOP, as the party's veteran U.S. senator -- with nary a whiff of personal or political scandal -- has become one of the most threatened lawmakers up for...
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | November 12, 2009
Civil War site Camp Parapet open Saturday
The latest lifestyle news from around New Orleans Civil War site Camp Parapet open Saturday Donald Stout / The Times-Picayune archiveVisitors look around the Camp Parapet gunpowder magazine in 2008. Visitors may see inside of a Civil War...
In this article: Civil War, Mississippi River, New Orleans, and Lake Pontchartrain
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Tea Party Civil War Emerges
...Amy Kremer Fired, Amy Kremer Sued, Conservative Movemment, Conservatives, Eric Odom, Gop, Republicans, Tea Partiers, Tea Party, Tea Party Civil War, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots, Politics News Some major cracks have emerged in the...
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The Columbus Dispatch | November 12, 2009
Civil War's black troops saluted
...Soldiers Motorcycle Club chapters of Columbus and Cleveland salute after laying a wreath at the gravesite of black soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The common grave is in the Soldiers Circle section of Oak Grove Cemetery in Delaware.
In this article: Civil War, Delaware, Buffalo Soldier, and Cheyenne
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washingtonpost.com | November 11, 2009
Free Civil War Conference in Chattanooga
...the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is hosting a three-day conference titled, "Symposium on the 19th Century Press, The Civil War and Free Expression" and the public is invited. More than 40 presentations are planned on subjects...
In this article: Civil War, Chattanooga, Klu Klux Klan, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Ohio
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The American Civil War (1861–1865), also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the U.S. federal government (the "Union"), which was supported by all the free states and the five border slave states.
In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against the expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. The Republican victory in that election resulted in seven Southern states declaring their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861. Both the outgoing and incoming U.S. administrations rejected secession, regarding it as rebellion.
The war, the deadliest in American history, caused 620,000 soldier deaths and an undetermined number of civilian casualties, ended slavery in the United States, restored the Union, and strengthened the role of the federal government. The social, political, economic and racial issues of the war decisively shaped the reconstruction era that lasted to 1877, and continued into the 20th century.
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