Explore Southern History

This blog is devoted to exploring the history, historic sites and heritage tourism opportunities of the American South! A guide to new additions and updates to the expansive site www.exploresouthernhistory.com, this blog features forts, battlefields, Native American sites, architectural treasures and natural wonders.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Battle of Sunshine Church (149th Anniversary) - Round Oak, Georgia

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Sunshine Church Battlefield in Georgia 149 years ago today on July 31, 1864, the Union army suffered one of its greatest disasters of th...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Battle of Dunlap Hill 149th Anniversary - Macon, Georgia

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Dunlap House at Ocmulgee National Monument 149 years ago today, Union and Confederate forces battled at the Battle of Dunlap Hill (also ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Battle of Honey Springs (Elk Creek), Oklahoma (July 17, 1863)

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War-time Sketch of the Battle of Honey Springs, Oklahoma 150 years ago today on July 17, 1863, having skirmished with Confederate forc...

Fight at Chimney Mountain, Oklahoma (July 17, 1863)

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Monuments at Honey Springs Battlefield 150 years ago today (July 17, 1863), Union forces continued their advance on the Confederate ca...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The March to Honey Springs, Oklahoma (July 16, 1863)

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Civil War ruins and earthworks at Fort Gibson One of the most dramatic encounters of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River began...
Monday, July 8, 2013

The Fall of Port Hudson, Louisiana - July 9, 1863

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Peace Monument at Port Hudson, Louisiana The longest siege of the War Between the States (or Civil War) came to an end 150 years ago to...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Port Hudson, Louisiana - July 7, 1863

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Confederate gun at Port Hudson State Historic Site 150 years ago today, Major General Franklin Gardner (CS) at Port Hudson learned that ...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Fighting goes on at Port Hudson, Louisiana - July 5, 1863

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Confederate Fortifications at Port Hudson 150 years ago today, as Union troops consolidated their hold on the newly captured city of Vi...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Fall of Vicksburg, 150 years ago today (July 4, 1863)

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Vicksburg, Mississippi 150 years ago today, the Confederacy's "Gibraltar of the Mississippi" fell to the army of Maj. Gen....
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