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Article: A devoted band of history buffs brings the Civil War to life

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May 26, 1997
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MOST stories about the Civil War are so entrenched in the public consciousness that they sound apocryphal, and here's another: As the newly launched Confederacy prepared to fire upon Abner Doubleday's troops holed up in Fort Sumter, the Southern artillery men found it difficult to rain death on their former comrades. So a Southern newspaperman lit the fuse instead. Deadlines are deadlines, after all.

A continent and half an ocean away, Hawaii seems very far from the War Between the States. Add to that 136 years, and you can imagine the problem a group of Civil War enthusiasts had yesterday in Waikiki in sharing their enthusiasm.

"The Civil War? Is that the one in which we fought the ...

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