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An avid, amateur historian, I have traveled extensively across many states visiting, studying, and photographing historic sites.
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The Rev War Minute 9 February 1780. Mobile, West Florida. Spanish Governor of Louisiana Bernardo de Gálvez sailed from New Orleans on January 11, 1780, with about 750–800 men (including Spanish regulars, militia, free blacks, Acadians, and some Americans). Delayed by storms and
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Grave of General James Pettigrew CSA Tyrell Co., North Carolina (2023) https://t.co/T5LPSVvpHb
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General Stonewall Jackson CSA Monument & Grave Lexington, Virginia (2018) https://t.co/T5LPSVvpHb
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Grave of Colonel George S. Patton CSA Grave of Colonel Waller Tazewell Patton CSA Winchester, Virginia (2019) https://t.co/T5LPSVvpHb
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Today in 1943, the United States successfully drives the Japanese from Guadalcanal after 186-days of fighting. 7,000 American troops have been killed in the campaign; Japan's losses are 19,000. Although costly, the victory turns the tide of the Pacific War in the Allies' favour.
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A wounded US Marine shows off his trophy during the Battle of Tarawa, November 1943.
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Stonewall Jackson, at the Battle of Bull Run, American Civil War, 1861.
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"BAR on the Beach" Monument National Museum of the Marine Corps Quantico, Virginia (2012) https://t.co/T5LPSVvpHb
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Vice President Alexander Stephens CSA Marker Richmond, Virginia (2011) https://t.co/T5LPSVvpHb
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Colonel Wade Hampton CSA Marker Henry House Hill Manassas, Virginia (2012) https://t.co/T5LPSVvXwJ
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