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  • September 2008

    • Ike Uncovers Mystery Shipwreck

      al.com (Ala.)  |  Sep 20, 08 5:44 AM CDT

      Ike Uncovers Mystery Shipwreck

      (Newser) - The waves of Hurricane Ike uncovered a wooden shipwreck on an Alabama beach that experts think could be a Civil War schooner, the Mobile Press-Register reports. The wreck's length matches that of the Monticello, which ran aground in the area in 1862 while trying to sneak past the US Navy on a run from Havana. More »

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      Hurricane Ike  • Alabama  • shipwreck  • Civil War  • ship  • Confederacy  • Mobile, Alabama

  • April 2008

    • Lincoln Letter Sells for $3.4M

      CNN  |  Apr 4, 08 10:08 AM CDT

      Lincoln Letter Sells for $3.4M

      (Newser) - An 1864 letter from Abraham Lincoln to Massachusetts schoolchildren fetched a record $3.4 million at auction yesterday, a record for an American manuscript, CNN reports. In the letter, Lincoln responded to a petition from 195 youngsters asking him to "free all the little slave children of this country" with a heartfelt reply saying it was God's will that they be freed. An anonymous American collector bought the letter. More »

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      auction  • Sotheby's  • letters  • Abraham Lincoln  • slavery  • Civil War

  • February 2008
  • December 2007

    • Wait a Second! Sub Watch Raises More Questions

      Associated Press  |  Dec 15, 07 8:59 AM CST

      Wait a Second! Sub Watch Raises More Questions

      (Newser) - Scientists had hoped that the watch belonging to the commander of the HL Hunley would give them some clues as to why the Confederate submarine sank in 1864. But they've been left only with more questions, AP reports. The watch stopped quickly rather than winding down—possibly because of an explosion, but it may have been broken sooner or lost time in damp conditions. More »

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      archaeology  • submarine  • Civil War  • Confederacy

  • November 2007

    • Football Rivals Still Fighting the Civil War

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 24, 07 7:21 AM CST

      Football Rivals Still Fighting the Civil War

      (Newser) - Kansas and Missouri play a huge football game today, one that could decide the national champion, and fans on both sides will be fighting a battle that goes back to the Civil War. Look no further than Kansas' nickname, the Jayhawks, which comes from abolitionist guerrillas who killed and raped their way across Missouri in the 1850s. "We hate each other for a reason," a former Missouri player tells the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      NCAA football  • Big 12 Conference  • Kansas  • BCS  • Missouri Tigers  • Bowl Championship Series  • Civil War

    • Study Traces Europe's Bets on Civil War

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 16, 07 8:44 AM CST

      Study Traces Europe's Bets on Civil War

      (Newser) - Studying sales of Confederacy bonds in Amsterdam during the US Civil War, two economists say they're able to judge how European traders saw the South's chances of victory, the Wall Street Journal reports. Investors pegged the rebels' odds at 42% early on, but their 1863 defeat at Gettysburg sank bond prices. More »

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      economics  • Abraham Lincoln  • Civil War  • Confederacy

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