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		<title>Historical errors&#8230; they aren&#8217;t just for the Civil War, ya know?</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/historical-errors-they-arent-just-for-the-civil-war-ya-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary War memory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like I&#8217;ve been stuck lately in my thoughts of the Revolutionary War. They have appeared, now and then, in posts, but posts haven&#8217;t quite captured the amount of time I&#8217;ve spent thinking about the Rev War lately. Fact of the matter is that I consider myself a self-repressed/underlying Rev War/Colonial Era enthusiast bordering on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2109&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confederate ancestor analysis #2 – Henry K. Emerson/Emmerson</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/confederate-ancestor-analysis-2-%e2%80%93-henry-k-emersonemmerson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry K. Emerson (1840-1918) enlisted in Company D, 7th Virginia Cavalry on August 10, 1861. Prior to his enlistment, he did not serve as a member of the local (97th Virginia) militia. He was a little slow in enlisting (the company was originally formed on June 1, 1861), but the reason for the delay cannot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2090&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A safe and happy 4th!</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/a-safe-and-happy-4th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary War memory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s wishing everyone a safe and happy Independence Day!
In thinking about the day this year, after a trip to Saratoga, NY last summer, I find it rather interesting to reflect on my Hessian relatives. So, a quick sidetrack from the American Civil War today&#8230;
Sure, I have my fair share of ancestors who were in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2082&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Site at Saratoga, near where my Hessian ancestors were camped, looking toward Vermont</media:title>
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		<title>“My People” at Gettysburg… a top 10… ummmm… well, just a list</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/%e2%80%9cmy-people%e2%80%9d-at-gettysburg%e2%80%a6-a-top-10%e2%80%a6-ummmm%e2%80%a6-well-just-a-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ancestors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since we are in the midst of &#8220;Gettysburg days&#8221;&#8230; and there is an effort afoot for bloggers to list their top ten Gettysburg books, I figured I&#8217;d do a little something different. I&#8217;m such a non-conformist&#8230;  
Ever since my first visit to Gettysburg, when I was mere lad of 11, I’ve made it a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2065&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A misunderstanding of the circumstances behind Virginia&#8217;s seizing Harpers Ferry?</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/a-misunderstanding-regarding-circumstances-behind-virginias-seizing-harpers-ferry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading a comment in another blog today, I can&#8217;t help but lay-out the facts surrounding Virginia&#8217;s seizing of the Harpers Ferry Arsenal in April 1861.  The question is, was it really a &#8220;legal&#8221; action from the perspective of the (then) Virginia government?
The fact of the matter is that the plans to seize the US Arsenal in Harpers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2044&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confederate ancestor analysis #1 &#8211; Garnett Nicholson</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/confederate-ancestor-analysis-1-garnett-nicholson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garnett Nicholson is one of my third great grandfathers. He was a private in Company B (Capt. Jason C. Crigler’s Company), Eighty-second Virginia Militia. The Eighty-second was primarily from Madison County and was under the command of Col. James W. Twyman. As with most of Virginia’s militia regiments, the Eighty-second was called into active service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2039&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Order of Enlightened Descendants of Civil War era Southerners</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/the-order-of-enlightened-descendants-of-civil-war-era-southerners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about this for quite sometime&#8230;
As Southerners pursuing a better and more complete understanding of our Southern heritage AND accepting the fact that the legacy of the Lost Cause left us with a rather narrow glimpse at the realities that surrounded Civil War era Southerners, what sort of organization might best encompass the full breadth of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2036&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An intersection of streets named &#8220;Presidents&#8221; and &#8220;Lincoln&#8221;&#8230; in Savannah!?</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/an-intersection-of-streets-named-presidents-and-lincoln-in-savannah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[American Civil War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil War Memory - General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederate flag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francis S. Bartow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of a number of ironies and interesting things I&#8217;ve seen and heard this week. I had hoped to post photos, but will try to get some online tomorrow&#8230; it just ain&#8217;t happenin&#8217; tonight.
What I have seen and what I have heard&#8230; lots of interesting stuff.
1) I&#8217;m still puzzled why two fine Napoleons (ca. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2032&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging from Savannah, Georgia!</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/blogging-from-savannah-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, much to see and much to write about. Hope to have my first post about experiences down this way soon!
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		<title>&#8220;Knowing&#8221; what our Civil War ancestors fought for, and the ways that &#8220;knowledge&#8221; is expressed</title>
		<link>http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/knowing-what-our-civil-war-ancestors-fought-for-and-the-ways-that-knowledge-is-expressed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s rare, but certainly not impossible&#8230; there are times when the sentiments of a Civil War ancestor are clearly expressed in letters, diaries, and other wartime documents. For the most part, however, I&#8217;d argue that we rarely know the reasons for which our Confederate ancestors were serving. That&#8217;s why I find it rather bold of someone when they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cenantua.wordpress.com&blog=2048642&post=2023&subd=cenantua&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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