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ten years--and for what? by Byron Edgington 3/20/2013 3:46:40 AM
Ten years ago today the U.S. invaded Iraq... more
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VIETNAM by Robert A. Mills 3/16/2013 7:01:20 AM
I was just ten when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941 and we had no choice but to enter World War II. The war ended fours years later. At the age of eighteen, the Korean War was going strong, and upon finishing high school I immediately registered fo... more
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Blood on the Prairie A Novel of the Sioux Uprising by Steven M Ulmen 3/15/2013 3:22:34 PM
This ebook has a new low price both at Kindle and at Nook. It will continue to be available world wide as long as you wish to read it. The sesquicentennial is over but the story remains a fascinating piece of American Civil War folklore. Thank you fo... more
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Iraq + 10 years by Byron Edgington 3/7/2013 9:53:05 AM
The tenth anniversary symbol is tin. It works, I think... more
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Boys will be... Excerpt from Chapter 11 The Sky Behind Me, a Memoir of Flying and Life by Byron Edgington 1/10/2013 3:17:51 AM
Like boys everywhere, we had a dog. Smokey was a little Vietnamese pooch. He was also a drunk.... more
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I hope your Christmas was splendid. by Steven M Ulmen 12/30/2012 7:38:28 PM
It is nice to pause from the bookselling business once in a while to connect with you personally, dear reader. You have been very generous to me in 2012 and for that I thank you. To those who have wronged you, I borrow from the Dakota slogan for 2012... more
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Timeline: December 26, 1862, Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising by Steven M Ulmen 12/26/2012 1:29:19 PM
ON THIS DATE, DECEMBER 26, 1862, EXACTLY 150 YEARS AGO, 38 CONDEMNED DAKOTA WARRIORS, SINGING AND CHANTING DAKOTA SONGS, ARE LED TO THE GALLOWS IN MANKATO. THREE DRUMBEATS SIGNAL THE MOMENT OF EXECUTION AT 10:00 A.M. THE CROWD ESTIMATED AT 4,000 BY H... more
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Timeline: December 24, 1862 Dakota Conflict, American Civil War by Steven M Ulmen 12/24/2012 11:32:33 AM
Timeline: December 24, 1862 Dakota Conflict, American Civil War
Exactly 150 years ago today, December 24, 1862, 38 Dakota condemned to death who are imprisoned at Mankato MN pending their execution by hanging on December 26th are allowed to... more
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Sesquicentennial of the Dakota Conflict is over in 2 Days by Steven M Ulmen 12/23/2012 8:52:46 AM
Two more days until the 150 year anniversary of the hanging of 38 Sioux warriors at Mankato MN following the Dakota Conflict of 1862. This was the largest mass execution in U.S. history.
Read the story now, so that all the world may know. Tr... more
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Timeline: December 16, 1862 Dakota Conflict by Steven M Ulmen 12/16/2012 5:18:07 PM
EXECUTIVE MANSION
Washington, Dec. 16, 1862
Brig. Gen. H.H. SIBLEY
St. Paul, Minn.:
As you suggest, let the execution fixed for Friday, the 19th instan... more
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Come on Down to Mankato MN this Saturday! by Steven M Ulmen 12/11/2012 12:26:02 PM
Free of charge! Everyone Welcome!
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Timeline for December 4 Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising by Steven M Ulmen 12/4/2012 7:41:00 PM
"December 4, 1862 - Several hundred civilians, armed with hatchets, clubs, and knives, attack the camp where the condemned Dakota are being held (in Mankato MN) but are surrounded and disarmed by soldiers."
2012 is the 150th anniversary of ... more
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Timeline: Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising Change of Military Command by Steven M Ulmen 12/2/2012 1:08:53 PM
"On the twenty-fifth day of November, 1862, by virtue of the removal of Major General Pope to Madison, Wisconsin, his new headquarters, General Sibley, notwithstanding all previous dispositions and arrangements, became general commanding the milita... more
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Timeline: November 1862 Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising by Steven M Ulmen 11/19/2012 6:58:35 PM
Rev. Riggs and Bishop Whipple urge clemency for Dakota involved in battles and executions only for those proven to have committed rape or killed women or children.
Now, this time in history, we are commemorating the 150th anniversary of Minn... more
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Hurry! Free Promotion At Amazon Ends Today! by Steven M Ulmen 11/18/2012 9:48:26 AM
The free Amazon promotion of this title for all you Kindle users ends at midnight tonight. The Dakota Conflict caused the most civilian deaths in an Indian war in U.S. history and resulted in the revenge hanging of 38 Sioux warriors by the Union Army... more
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Timeline For November 15, Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising by Steven M Ulmen 11/15/2012 9:53:47 AM
Timeline For November 15, Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising
On November 15, 1862, General Pope, commander of US troops in the Northwest Territory, forwards records of the trials of the renegade Sioux to President Lincoln along with a letter u... more
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Timeline: November 9, 1862 Dakota Conflict by Steven M Ulmen 11/9/2012 10:19:09 AM
On this date in history, 1862, exactly 150 years ago, General Henry Sibley and his troops and Indian hostages were facing a Minnesota prairie winter. He loaded the 303 condemned into wagons and moved downriver from the lower agency to Camp Lincoln ne... more
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Chapter 10 "Blood on the Prairie - A Novel of the Sioux Uprising (conclusion) by Steven M Ulmen 11/5/2012 7:13:23 AM
FEEDBACK APPRECIATED
Background: Chief Scout Toby Ryker is visiting the sick and wounded soldiers from the Dakota Conflict and the larger Civil War hospitalized at Fort Snelling. He meets a mortally wounded young soldier named Edwin Balch f... more
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Chapter 10 "Blood on the Prairie A Novel of the Sioux Uprising" (continued) by Steven M Ulmen 11/4/2012 6:27:45 AM
Background: Chief Scout Toby Ryker is visiting the sick and wounded soldiers from the Dakota Conflict and the larger Civil War hospitalized at Fort Snelling. He meets a mortally wounded young soldier named Edwin Balch from Glencoe, Minnesota, and ... more
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Chapter 10 "Blood on the Prairie A Novel of the Sioux Uprising" (continued) by Steven M Ulmen 11/3/2012 6:40:18 AM
Background: At this point in the story line, Chief Scout Toby Ryker is visiting the sick and wounded soldiers from the Dakota Conflict and the larger Civil War hospitalized at Fort Snelling. He meets a mortally wounded young soldier named Edwin Balc... more
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