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When the war came. Three households on the Palisades face the Civil War

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While no battles were fought in Hudson Valley, the effects of the Civil War were felt throughout the region. In the tiny riverfront settlement of Closter Landing on the NJ Palisades around a dozen men volunteered for the Union. Historical Interpreter Eric Nelsen investigates three of these households, each headed by a widow whose sons […]

A Bloody Reckoning: The Legacy of the Battle of Shiloh

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In April 1862, Confederate forces surprised Union forces at Pittsburg Landing, a small steamboat docking on the Tennessee River. The two armies faced off for control of the all-important Mississippi Valley knowing that victory could determine the outcome of the Civil War. The violent clash, which came to be known as the Battle of Shiloh, […]