Robert E. Lee

Im drawn to Confederate General Robert E Lee. Lee was offered command of the entire U.S. forces from Abraham Lincoln but he refused on principle that Virginia came before the United States, even though he felt secession was wrong. It seems strange now to me, since a lot of people I know dont put their [...]

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Medal of Honor

Most people know what the Medal of Honor is, but I thought I’d share some background on it. The Medal of Honor is the highest medal for valor that is given in the United States. It’s also called the Congressional Medal of Honor, because it is awarded by the President on behalf of Congress.
It was [...]

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Old photos

I came across a great photo when I was browsing Antique tintypes. I wish I had the extra money to make a bid. It says he is a mason named William Abraham Timmerman. I have an uncle who loves old photos like this and it would have made a great Christmas gift. Im already bidding on [...]

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Pages of Time Pamphlet

I just came across one of these Pages of Time pamphlets. If you don’t know, they’re little books based around a particular year where they share lots of items available at the time or events of that year as well. They have national and regional news, advertisements, movies, price indexes, inventions, famous births, etc. I’m looking at [...]

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Committies of Correspondence

I just read about this, something I hadn’t heard of. During the American Revolution the 13 colonies formed the Commities of Correspondence to coordinate writings outside the colony. It formed like a political union between the states to help rally support or resistance to issues. It’s a little confusing for me to get a feel for exactly [...]

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Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle in the American Civil War. 3 days of fighting in the Pennsylvania fields were the bloodiest in America’s history. Gettysburg turned the tide of the American Civil War in the North’s favor. Before Gettysburg the North was regularly beaten on the battlefields, at least tacticly. The battle [...]

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Census and History

Here’s a good site to learn history. It’s important to get the right perspective when it comes to learning history. Numbers are a great way to learn. Just things like learning population numbers can be useful. If you are trying to learn the history of Maine here’s a number I just pulled off the site. The population [...]

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Major General George H. Thomas

I’ve never heard of Major General George Thomas so I did a quick search. It turns out I should have heard of him. He is considered by some to be one of the most important yet forgotten generals of the Civil War. George Thomas is the Union Brigade commander who became known as the “Rock of Chickamauga” as he held off [...]

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Québec City exhibition

Here’s a cool looking exhibition I came across thanks to Marc Gauthier. The official name I believe is Québec City and its Photographers, 1850-1908. The Yves Beauregard Collection. From Marc’s site:
This exhibition offers a selection of approximately 400 photographs, ambrotypes, tintypes and other printing processes of light on a support.
There’s portraits, panaromic views, stereoscopes (3D viewers for old [...]

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Hello world!

I guess I have a post already! Well I might as well say hello. Hello! Um, not much to say right now. I did buy this stereograph from ebay not too long ago though. Check it out. It’s of Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania.

I’m sorry for the bad picture. I took a photo [...]

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