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March 26, 1892: Walt Whitman, American poet, died at the age of 72 at is home in Camden, New Jersey.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2022-03-26

The book sold over 300,000 copies, making it the most widely sold novel of the 19th Century. Its stark depiction of the horrors of slavery fueled the abolitionist movement and elevated tensions between free and slave-holding states leading up to the

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2022-03-20

Fayetteville, NC was occupied by U.S. troops under General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1865 as part of their ongoing Carolinas Campaign. They captured the confederate arsenal there, which had produced nearly a million rounds of ammunition in 1864.

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2022-03-12

General William Rosecrans died in 1898 at the age of 78. A graduate of , he secured several critical victories for the in the Western Theater of the including the Battles of Iuka, Corinth, and .

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2022-03-12

12: Carol Danvers (Marvel)

So... Hot Take, I LOVE Carol Danvers. Whether she's Captain Marvel or Ms. Marvel, she's a really cool hero, and it makes me sad people either hate a portrayal or she gets made to look villainous *coughcoughCivilWar2*

I really wish she had more love...

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2022-03-11

This is Frederic Edwin Church's amazing 1861 painting, Our Banner in the Sky!!!! I love this painting and wrote about it on my undergraduate dissertation on the iconography of art during the American Civil War!!!

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2022-03-10

Every soldier, Union or Confederate, were Americans; fathers, husbands, sons and brothers. Honoring these soliders is a way to show respect to those that came before us, and is a reminder to not repeat past. https://t.co/lWRXC1KxZN

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2022-03-05

March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated to his first term as the 16th President of the United States.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2022-03-05

American Civil War Battles Art Cards - Paintings and Art of Kurz and Allison - Trading Cards Set – ON SALE NOW at Etsy: https://t.co/DaAe5m2irC

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2022-03-04

Walter Herron Taylor, who served as principal aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee for the entire died in 1916 at the age of 77. He was one of only two other confederate officers besides Lee who attended the signing of the surrender documents at .

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2022-03-02

The act allowed national banks to be created again, and laid out a plan to establish a national paper currency. It also gave the federal government the ability to issue war bonds and securities to help in funding the effort to win the

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2022-02-26

The USS Monitor was commissioned in 1862, under the command of Lt. John L. Worden. Within two weeks, she would participate in the first ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, facing off against the confederate ship Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads.

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2022-02-26

19 February 1643 Parliamentarian forces took control of the county town of

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2022-02-19

You travel to the future to find out that history repeats itself...

by with artwork by

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2022-02-05

Heres a few of my most recent sketch covers... Ill be making these available soon!~

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2022-01-26

Stop posting and go take a first aid course. Yes, now.

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