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Dear colleagues,
Could anyone point to a thorough online list of Civil War
monuments/locations within Onondaga County
and other Finger Lakes/Redstocking region counties? Or for
Thanks for helping,
Prof. Robert Spiegelman
Fordham University
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:44:51 -0400, Robert Sullivan
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Mohawk, N.Y. — The weapons the Union troops and the Confederate rebels
> brought with them on the battlefield were on display at the German
> Flatts Town Park on Friday.
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> Cpl. Austin Anna, with the 5th New York Volunteers Light Artillery
> Battery re-enactor group, showed visitors some of the Civil War era
> weapons, which included a Calvary saber, a cartridge box and an 1858
> Remington.
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> “A lot of them had Remingtons,” said one of the re-enactors on the
> field. “Some of them had Colts.”
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> This was part of the 13th annual Living History Weekend, which kicked
> off Friday at the town park. The event is taking place nearly two
> weeks after the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, the
> single bloodiest day of battle from the Civil War.
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> <http://www.littlefallstimes.com/news/x833738846/Civil-War-comes-to-life-at-German-Flatts-Town-Park>
>
> -- Bob Sullivan
> Schenectady Digital History Archive
> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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