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150 years ago this month the French-built CSS Stonewall took to the seas. It’s goal was to make its way to the New World to attack the Yankee navy and Yankee commerce. 150 years ago this week a Southern newspaper … Continue reading

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“Dreams in the Straw”

While the Trains Thunder By Elements of the 19th NY Volunteer Infantry start to move South. They detrain in Elmira, NY, a large recruiting depot. Cayuga’s first three hundred reached Elmira, by cars from Auburn, late at night, Monday, April … Continue reading

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