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Category: Off The Beaten Path

Museum News

Message from the CEO

Transcription Hello, my name is Rob Havers and as the new CEO and President of the American Civil War Museum, I look …

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Off The Beaten Path
July 19, 2018

Manassas Defeats Bull Run

By John Coski, Museum Historian “So many battle-fields of the Civil War bear double names that we cannot believe the duplication has …

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Events History is Present Off The Beaten Path
August 18, 2017

Off The Beaten Path | The Great Obscuration of October 1865

By Chris Graham Mellon Curator Some editors called it the “great obscuration,” but despite the lighthearted superstition, Americans were extremely well informed …

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African American History Off The Beaten Path
June 23, 2017

Off The Beaten Path | Wallace Turnage

This blog series features lesser-known stories from the Civil War era.  By Cathy Wright Curator Five: the number of times that an enslaved teenager named …

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Military History Off The Beaten Path
May 22, 2017

Off The Beaten Path | Albert D. J. Cashier

This blog series features lesser-known stories from the Civil War era. By Liz Ale Visitor Engagement Associate Albert D. J. Cashier was similar to other …

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Museum News Off The Beaten Path
May 16, 2017

Introducing "Off The Beaten Path"

By Leo Rohr Marketing Manager When many people think of the American Civil War they picture battles and campaigns, soldiers and generals, but …

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