Perley Pitkin's personal fireworks

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Historians recovered 63 still-live Civil War cannon shells in June 1997 at Number 10 Pond in Calais, VT. Officials of Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Basin Harbor believe that the recovered shells belong to Pitkin, who might have brought them back home to blast out stumps.

Author: Vara, Jon
Behavior, Generals, Pitkin, Perley Peabody

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"What horrors he must have seen." (the Civil War)

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Ken Burns, producer of the highly acclaimed public television series 'The Civil War,' received thousands of letters from viewers who were moved by the program. Some of them are presented here.

Public opinion, Records and correspondence, Burns, Ken, The Civil War (Television program)

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A personal message for the President

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Author: Fleming, Thomas (American writer)
Biography, Wing, Henry, Lincoln, Abraham

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Subjects list: United States history
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