Tag Archives: Confederate

Southern Currency

Posted on September 14, 2016 by vanbraman

Tonight I was looking through one of my Grandma’s Scrapbooks from about 1960.  My Grandma really liked Civil War history and saved many items from magazines and newspapers. One of the reasons that she liked Civil War history was that … Continue reading →

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152 Years Ago

Posted on April 12, 2013 by vanbraman

152 Years ago, on April 12, 1851, shots were fired at Fort Sumter. The bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter was the first conflict of the Civil War or War Between the States. Of course, tension between the states had … Continue reading →

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