Civil War

Memorial at Ole Miss’ Confederate Cemetery – May 5, 2013 IMG_4323-650

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Memorial at Ole Miss’ Confederate Cemetery – May 5, 2013

Newt Rayburn May 6, 2013

On Sunday, May 5, 2013, the University Greys Camp #1803 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and...

Civil War Soldiers on Ole Miss Campus to be Memorialized Sunday, May 5, 2013 2013-Confederate-Memorial-2013-1-600

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Civil War Soldiers on Ole Miss Campus to be Memorialized Sunday, May 5, 2013

Newt Rayburn May 3, 2013

More than 700 Confederate dead on Ole Miss campus to be memorialized OXFORD, Miss. — The University...

Union Officers in the 47th Illinois camped in Oxford, Mississippi in December of 1862 during the Civil War 1862-47thillinoisinoxford-watermarked

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Union Officers in the 47th Illinois camped in Oxford, Mississippi in December of 1862 during the Civil War

Newt Rayburn January 14, 2013

This is a photograph that was taken in Oxford, Mississippi in December of 1862. The caption reads:...

December 20, 1862 – Confederates Raid the Union Garrison at Holly Springs, Mississippi Holly Springs, Mississippi town square in 1862.

Holly Springs, Mississippi town square in 1862.

December 20, 1862 – Confederates Raid the Union Garrison at Holly Springs, Mississippi

Newt Rayburn December 20, 2012

December 20, 1862. Union troops stationed at Holly Springs, Mississippi under the command of General US Grant...

Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s Correspondence from Oxford, Mississippi – December 19, 1862 HITH-Ulysses-Grant

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Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s Correspondence from Oxford, Mississippi – December 19, 1862

Newt Rayburn December 19, 2012

December 19, 1862. Union General US Grant was headquartered in Oxford, Mississippi with the Army of the...

December 17, 1862 in Oxford, Mississippi: General US Grant issues the controversial “General Orders No. 11”

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December 17, 1862 in Oxford, Mississippi: General US Grant issues the controversial “General Orders No. 11”

Newt Rayburn December 17, 2012

On December 17, 1862 Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued a most controversial directive from his headquarters...

December 5, 1862: General Ulysses S. Grant’s troops camped on the Square in Oxford, Mississippi The men of an Illinois regiment of the Union army camped around the Oxford, Mississippi courthouse in December 1862. This is the only known photograph of Oxford's original courthouse and is authenticated for The Local Voice by President Grant's Library.

The men of an Illinois regiment of the Union army camped around the Oxford, Mississippi courthouse in December 1862. This is the only known photograph of Oxford's original courthouse and is authenticated for The Local Voice by President Grant's Library.

December 5, 1862: General Ulysses S. Grant’s troops camped on the Square in Oxford, Mississippi

Newt Rayburn December 5, 2012

December 5, 1862. If you were on the Square in Oxford, Mississippi, this is what you would...

Shiloh’s Grand Illumination, April 7, 2012 Photographs by Newt Rayburn Luminaries at Shiloh, April 7, 2012 Photograph by Newt Rayburn

Luminaries at Shiloh, April 7, 2012 Photograph by Newt Rayburn

Shiloh’s Grand Illumination, April 7, 2012 Photographs by Newt Rayburn

Newt Rayburn April 9, 2012

Shiloh’s Grand Illumination, April 7, 2012 Photographs by Newt Rayburn Shiloh, Tennessee (TLV) – In commemoration of...

“Rediscover the Battle of Shiloh” by Newt Rayburn 2011-04-09-Shiloh 264

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“Rediscover the Battle of Shiloh” by Newt Rayburn

Newt Rayburn April 6, 2012

Shiloh is 114 miles from Oxford, Mississippi, about an hour and a half’s drive. photographs and article...

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“Why I Reenact” by Brian Walker

Newt Rayburn April 6, 2012

“Why I Reenact” by Brian Walker photographs by Newt Rayburn Hundreds of muskets cracked in succession until...

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