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Gainesville Volunteers
Pearlington, MS
The Blue Front Café
Bentonia, MS
Gen. Horatio Gates
York, PA
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General Santos Degollado
Morelia, Michoacán
. . Gral. Santos Degollado . Gobernador de Michoacan: 1857 - 1858 . Se levanto en armas en contra de la dictadura santannista. Diputado al Congreso Constituyente: 1856-1857 Murio combatiendo por la Constitucion y las Leyes de Reforma . . … more »
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Vallandighams Speech, 1863
Mt-Vernon, OH
Side A: On May 1, 1863, Peace Democratic Party leader Clement L. Vallandigham spoke to 10,000 people from this spot. Vallandighams party, known by their opponents as "Copperheads," opposed the Civil War as an encroachment on both individu… more »
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The Site of a Lumber Mill 1890
Searsport, ME
On the site across the stream, there was first a grain and then a lumber mill. The dammed up stream provided power to turn the wheel to grind the grain or saw the logs. The stream also provided a conduit for logs floated down to the mill. N… more »
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