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“Here We Lost Many Good Men:”  A New Account from the Battle of Fredericksburg
7 years ago

“Here We Lost Many Good Men:” A New Account from the Battle of Fredericksburg

Ever since my book, The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War was published by McFarland in 2008, it opened a literal floodgate of material relating to the Seventh …
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Rhode Island, 1933-1942
7 years ago

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Rhode Island, 1933-1942

The stock market crash of 1929 sent America into the throes of the Great Depression.  The levels of unemployment and suffering among ordinary Americans were unlike anything that had ever …
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When Rhode Island Received Mercy
7 years ago

When Rhode Island Received Mercy

Mary Francis Xavier Warde was the American foundress of the Sisters of Mercy (RSM). Born in Ireland in 1810 to fairly prosperous parents, she was orphaned in her teens. At …
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