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Mar 23, 20221 min read
The Wandering Ghost of the Lost Cause
A searing commentary on Jefferson Davis appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, June 1, 1893. This was part of a piece...
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Civil War Seattle
Mar 15, 20222 min read
---An Old Wound Opened---
The Confederate battle flag, to put it bluntly, was generally not welcomed by Union veterans of the Civil War. While great strides had...
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Civil War Seattle
Mar 15, 20225 min read
“We Have No Use For Their Kind”
Despite the turmoil of a nation embroiled in a Civil War, the traffic of emigrants moving westward on the Oregon Trail remained high. An...
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Civil War Seattle
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Seattle's Confederate Olympic Gold Medalist
***The only Civil War soldier to win Olympic Gold*** Seattle's Will H. Thompson was the only man to have fought in the Civil War and win...
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