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Two Triggers
Savage bullets are quite rare to find in an archaeological setting. I’ve only ever found 4, 3 of which were in one hole and the 4th was fired. Oddball looking revolvers! —Elijah Filbert I’m wondering if it’s a “one and done design.” —Steve Sickles Ed
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‘Many A Campfire Brightened’
In 1911, the Wisconsin Historical Commission published Ethel Hurn’s Wisconsin Women in the War. The book was a product of her history thesis, in which she collected women’s accounts of their involvement in the Civil War. Hurn ultimately focused the b
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Forever Salvaged
I first visited with the two “Monitor Boys” when they were still 240 feet below me, resting in the one-mile column of water that defines the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, which is under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini

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