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What Happened to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) and “the Sundance Kid” (Harry Longabaugh) were two American outlaws, operating primarily in the Western States of Utah and Wyoming during the late 19th century. They were part of a very loose, leaderless conglomeration of horse … Continue reading
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The Lost Adams Digging
The Lost Adams Diggings is a Southwestern treasure story that refers to the existence of a canyon rich in gold deposits somewhere in western New Mexico in the early 1860s. Read the Wiki article, about a man named Adams who … Continue reading
The Historic King Arthur
There is a strong probability that something wonderful happened sometime around the year 510 A.D. This something was so wonderful that a name, Arthur, had to be attached to this event, and this name has resounded for almost two millennium … Continue reading
Lincoln and Sickles After Gettysburg, or Abraham LIncoln’s Religious Faith
This pamphlet was given to me by a descendant of Major General Daniel Sickles to thank me for my spirited defense of Major Sickles’ actions at Gettysburg. It is the ONLY account on record of the conversation between Major Sickles … Continue reading
William Harrison Merritt
from pages 80-81 & 82 of “Bolivar, N.Y. Pioneer Oil Town” by: John P. Herrick, The Ward Ritchie Press Los Angeles, Cal. 1952 Of the many oil region stories told to the writer, none surpasses in human interest … Continue reading
Sgt. Laurinda Anna Blair Etheridge, the Angel of the Third Corps
ANNA ETHEREDIGE – The Angel of the 3rd Corps. Anna Etheridge was a woman who was known to every man of the 3rd Corps of the Army of the Potomac. She is mentioned in numerous regimental histories that I’ve read from this … Continue reading
Fragment of a Bill Merrit Story
I wrote this a long while ago, when I thought I could be a writer. I kind of like it…but it never went anyplace: It is 1863, and we (James and me) have been in the army for, oh, almost … Continue reading
Jane Grey Swisshelm
I find that, sometimes, I read so much about certain people that I feel that I know them, often as well as I know people who I am acquainted with in life. My first contribution is just such a person, … Continue reading
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Hot Times at Hazel Grove: The Federal Third Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville
HOT TIME AT HAZEL GROVE: THE FEDERAL THIRD CORPS AT THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, MAY 1-3, 1863 By Steve Haas May 1, 1863 saw start of the Spring campaign in the Eastern theater of the Civil War. The Federal Army … Continue reading
The Strange Death of Boston Corbett
This story is from “the Real Wild West, The Creation of the American West,” by Michael Wallis. Read this to the end; it has a shocking, surprise ending (it isn’t what you think it is). The Booth legend that persisted … Continue reading