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Descendant of two Michigan Civil War soldiers sings songs of the era on Saturday, December 5th to commemorate the 170th birthday of controversial American military leader General George Armstrong Custer in his adopted hometown of Monroe, Michigan.

"The Battle of Little Sayler's Creek" follows a group of Civil-War reenactors as they recreate the 1865 battle at Sayler's Creek, Virginia.

GoneAway: Into the Land - Book 1 - By Jeffrey B. Allen - Jeffrey B. Allen takes readers on a fantastic journey into the Land, a place where reality blends into fantasy.

Monroe, Michigan historians Steve Alexander and David Ingall talk Custer across the pond this Sunday, November 8, 2009, as guests of Talking History, a weekly program airing on Newstalk, a Dublin, Ireland-based radio station.

In many parts of the South today, the Civil War is a living history that is told from generation to generation. This little-known story piqued this Southern author’s imagination, so he researched it to tell his own children.

Little Joe the Wrangler, Vol. I - By Susan Inmon A young man living in Texas in the 1870s, just after the Civil War, gets work on a trail drive in Little Joe the Wrangler, an engaging historical story that speaks to readers from ages 8-80.

Tom Hobson knows that there is more to life than crops or steers. This tall, strong man has a dream and he intends to earn it in B. L. Strong’s The Dream, The Man.

Join General George Armstrong Custer himself as he leads tour-goers on a walking tour throughout his adopted hometown of Monroe, Michigan. Tour includes local landmarks significant to Custer era as well as the largest museum exhibit dedicated to him.

Nursing on the Battlefield! Kate Cumming was definitely ahead of her time. The genteel Southern woman did not believe women of her region should hesitate to volunteer to “nurse” soldiers during the Civil War.

Salem-based musicians & historians, Jim and Maggi Dalton, to perform "The Civil War: From Cause to Cost" a musical/historical program, Oct. 8, 2009, 7 p.m. Sutton Room, Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, Mass.

New book, Don't Miss The Fiesta!, reveals the perils that can lurk in an escapist's paradise when an Englishman seeks refuge in a Spanish village

StoppingPoints.com has released a new section based upon the historical markers of Mississippi. The Mississippi section includes about 700 historic sites and markers, identified, mapped, and further mashed-up with additional unique data.

On June 13th, the inaugural Glory, Valor & Sacrifice Southeast Michigan Civil War Remembrance Bus Tour pays homage to the people of Michigan who played prominent roles in preserving the Union and shaping our Nation’s history.

Sri Lanka: beyond the current humanitarian crisis, meaningful steps need to be taken in order to build durable peace. Tourner la Page sends its recommendations to Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

New downloadable self-guided tour lets you follow the Southern Belles and Rebel Yells of Roswell and Marietta, Georgia.

On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10, NC songwriters Barney Rogers and Russell Johnson will perform a free concert featuring songs from their new album, When the Bands Played, at the NC Museum of History as part of the Music of the Carolinas series.

The shady world of Civil War espionage comes to life in Idaho author Michael J. O’Neal’s recently published novel, Crazy Bett. Based on historical events, it tells the story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union spy who lived in Richmond, Virginia.

Plank Road Summer is a middle-grade historical novel, set in 1852, a story of two girls’ friendship, with an Underground Railroad sub-plot.

Alvin Yusin’s Apple Hill is a riveting narration of the Civil War and the years leading up to it.

For those who love the western genre, Richard Fletcher’s Two Rode West captures the freedom, spirit, and individuality of cowboys and the trails they blazed to fulfill their dreams.

Louis Gossett Jr. has joined the cast of "Dog Jack", the highly anticipated Civil war story about a runaway slave boy and his dog. The film is based on the book by Florence Biros.

To be released nationwide this summer, unlike most portrayals of the American Civil War, “Redemption” does not focus on the battlefield, but explores the hardships of a Southern family who lost everything after the war was fought.

Inspired by actual events, The Last of Six by writer Thomas Tiernan chronicles the lives of the Bixby family during the American Civil War.

"Fear In North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family," has been named recipient of the first Bob Terrell History Award by the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society.

Richmond's Linden Row Inn offers guests a unique opportunity to experience history in the comfort of their guest rooms

I know it is well known that slavery was wide-spread in the South and the prevailing theme that is taught in schools is that the South was awash in slaves while the North was whistle-clean.

Custer Celebration Event honors city's most famous resident George Armstrong Custer and takes place October 3rd - 11th, 2008. Guests include Sitting Bull's great-grandson, performances by the 126th Army Band of the Michigan National Guard, much more.

History “meet & greet” with General George Armstrong Custer, 19th century national hero and celebrity, on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Michigan Travel Center in Monroe

Target grant sponsors performances by the 126th Army Band of the Michigan National Guard and Golden Griffon Stringtet as part of Monroe County Historical Society’s Custer Celebration Event

Custer committee uses historic venue and Monroe Michigan tradition to connect with community and promote upcoming living history event

Week long event honors Monroe, Michigan’s most famous resident General George Armstrong Custer, a Civil War hero and America’s most controversial historical icon. Special guests include Ernie LaPointe, great-grandson of Chief Sitting Bull.

Civil War author addresses West Point historians. Discusses birth of modern American journalism.

Saga Books Announces the Release of "A Southern Moon Rising" By Melanie D. Calvert, wife of Western Fiction Author W.R. Benton

For the second time in his 13-year career, independent documentary film producer Steven Fischer is nominated for an Emmy Award.

Sand Creek Massacre film powers Native Americans

For long the subject was taboo. But now the lid’s off. A highly praised new book entitled “Between Two Fires – Guerrilla war in the Spanish sierras” reveals the secrets of a forgotten war.

Turner Publishing announces a new release, the Historic Photos of Chickamauga-Chattanooga Campaign by James A. Hoobler, a 10 x 10 gift book of the pictorial narrative of the famous Civil War battle in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The award-winning Sand Creek Massacre documentary film has been nominated for Best Native American Film by Judges and the Selection Committees of the Trail Dust Film Festival.

Sand Creek Massacre award-winning documentary short on Lulu.com

A young girl with a simple life pf living in the village gets her world turned upside down when war breaks in her country and now she and her family must run fot safety

Olympus Films=, LLC launches Sand Creek Massacre lesson plans.

The award-winning Sand Creek Massacre film will be screened at the Broomfield Auditorium.

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The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA opens the USS Monitor Exhibition March 9 - 145 years to the day of the battle of ironclads that changed naval warfare forever. Here is the epic story this exhibition will tell.

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