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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION RARE VIEWING OF DOCUMENT SET AT REAGAN LIBRARY.(News)
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Byline: Dana Bartholomew
Staff Writer
SIMI VALLEY -- Two years into America's Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed with a trembling hand that the slaves shall be set free.
His Emancipation Proclamation, signed Jan. 1, 1863, declares slaves in rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
Versions of the momentous document -- including a rare glimpse next month of the original handwritten proclamation -- will appear beginning today during a "Forever Free" exhibit at the Reagan Library.
"The ...
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CIVIL WAR GENERAL FINALLY GIVEN HIS DUE JAMES LONGSTREET HAS LONG CARRIED HISTORIANS' SCORN.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...to begin the assault, James Longstreet could not speak. For two...was named chairman of the Longstreet Memorial Fund. For more...almost to life Brig. Gen. James L. Kemper's description of Longstreet moments before the final...
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General James Longstreet: the Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier, A Biography.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian
; James Longstreet was born in 1821 and grew up on a...died in 1889, and eight years later Longstreet married Helen Dortch, a thirty...Confederate has suffered the vilification of James Longstreet, and the process began before 9 April...
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General James Longstreet.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Atlantic
; General James Longstreet by Jeffry D. Wert. Simon &...presents a biographer with a problem. Longstreet lost two houses to fire, and with...the name of the railroad on which Longstreet rode from one unimportant spot to...
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James Franciscus, portrayed TV's Mr. Novak, Longstreet; at 57
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; LOS ANGELES -- James Franciscus, who starred in...City," "Mr. Novak" and "Longstreet," died of emphysema Monday...Investigators" and later as blind Mike Longstreet on the ABC series "Longstreet." Mr. Franciscus was also...
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The Battle of Gettysburg: Lieutenant-General James Longstreet, upon seeing the almost completed painting in Walker's studio, wrote commending its "fair and complete representation of that eventful scene.".
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; ...John B. Bachelder and painted by the accomplished artist, James Walker. It was created as a grand-style panoramic showpiece...OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In James Walker, Bachelder sought out an experienced and renowned military...
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Reclaiming Longstreet's reputation.(Tourist Guide)(Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; Gen. James Longstreet should not be held responsible for...of the Army of Northern Virginia. James Longstreet was born in South Carolina in 1821...of character assassination against James Longstreet," writes historian William Garrett...
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Longstreet's Aide: The Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J Goree
Magazine article from: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
; Longstreet's Aide: The Civil War...in Civil War History. JAMES I. ROBERTSON, JR...First Corps commander, James Longstreet. Only the names of Stonewall...Jeffry D. Wert in General James Longstreet, the Confederacy's Most...
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Longstreet becomes target of Lee's admirers; Critics blame him for loss at Gettysburg.(SATURDAY)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...was erected anywhere to honor James Longstreet. This slight can be traced to...their views on Reconstruction. Longstreet, in business in the city as...Republicans. Not surprisingly, Longstreet started a firestorm. Republicans...
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Longstreet honored on battlefield of his disgrace
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...monument to Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, a disgraced Southern hero has...redeemed. The mounted statue of Longstreet shows the native South Carolinian...he was not hurt on the field. Longstreet's wounding - figurative, brutal...
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Longstreet blameless for Gettysburg loss.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...the Confederacy. Lt. Gen. James Longstreet was one of the most popular generals...contentious is the blame placed on Longstreet. From 1870 until the end of...it was generally believed that Longstreet's mistakes at Gettysburg lost...
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