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Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields. I probably overdid it with my own children, visiting about 35 in all, but here are my top five: 1. Gettysburg (July 1863) Much as I'd like to make a surprise choice, there's no avoiding Gettysburg's primacy and sadness, with over 50,000 soldiers becoming casualties over three days. Driving and walking this Pennsylvania battlefield explains much: the big rocks of Devil's Den were indeed devilish, and the awesome difficulty of...

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<p>A group labeling themselves Southern patriots will descend on Shiloh National Military Park this weekend - saying they're marching for heritage, not hate.</p> <p>The group has named its demonstration The 10,000 Confederate Flags March. Organizer Steve Monk of Atlanta says the purpose of the march is to "bring credit to the Confederate cause and what Confederate soldiers died for - a better form of government."</p>

The First Day April 6, 1862 With the loss of Forts Henry and Donelson in February, General Johnston withdrew his disheartened Confederate forces into west Tennessee, northern Mississippi and Alabama to reorganize. In early March, General Halleck responded by ordering General Grant to advance his Union Army of West Tennessee on an invasion up the Tennessee River. Occupying Pittsburg Landing, Grant entertained no thought of a Confederate attack. Halleck's instructions were that following the arrival of General Buell's Army of the Ohio from Nashville, Grant would advance south in a joint offensive to seize the Memphis & Charleston Railroad,...

Two U.S. Navy cruisers ordered home from Gulf ABOARD USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Gulf, March 28 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy cruisers that have been firing Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iraq over the past week received the order to return home on Friday after more than eight months at sea. The Mobile Bay and Shiloh, both part of the Abraham Lincoln battle group, are among some 30 ships that have been bombarding Iraq with missiles since the U.S.-led war started on March 20. The news was greeted with cheers on the Mobile Bay, whose normal six-month deployment was extended because of...

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Lt. Will George commanded his men to fire as the assault on the Hornet's Nest began. And fire they did, for more than an hour, aiming the reproduction Breech-body Whitworth cannon at Union forces taking cover in the distant woods. Confederate forces routed Union forces from the Hornet's Nest. In spite of thousands of rounds of rifle, pistol and cannon fire, not one death occurred. Exactly 140 years to the day after the original battle of Shiloh, more than 4,000 Civil War re-enactors re-created the battle Saturday in a field eight miles south of the actual battle site, now Shiloh...