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I wish to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to Kay Jorgensen, Beth Godin, Linda Hoyt and bookkeeper Debra Upham for all of their years of dedication to Civi…
News Briefs — March 2016
– Briefs of Civil War News Interest – Austin Book Award
New Store At Chancellorsville Receives Special Permit
New Store At Chancellorsville Receives Special Permit By Scott C. Boyd SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. - The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 8 approved…
National Geographic, BGES Publish CW Traveler’s Guide
By Kathryn Jorgensen WASHINGTON — The collaboration between a very large non-profit scientific and education institution and a small non-profit Civil War educatio…
Museum Of CW Medicine Names Price New Director
Museum Of CW Medicine Names Price New Director FREDERICK, Md. — David Price, Chief of Operations and Interim Executive Director of the National Museum of Civil Wa…
Mosby’s Rangers
Through The Lens
Mathew Brady’s Upstate New York Birthplace Debated
Mathew Brady’s Upstate New York Birthplace Debated By Paul Post JOHNSBURG, N.Y. — The thief who stole a historical marker dedicated to Mathew Brady, the Civil War…
Longstreet’s Sidearm
The Watchdog By Craig L. Barry Longstreet’s Sidearm
Lincoln 150th Foundation Work Ends
Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation members at their final meeting in Miami are, from left, bottom, David Lawrence, Thomas Campbell, Jean Powers Soman, Harold Holzer,…
Letters to the Editor
– Letters – Book Business Has Changed TO THE EDITOR: I am responding to Theodore P. Savas’s November issue commentary, “The Golden Age of the Book Is Now.” I rece…
Lee’s HQ Restoration Is Under Way
The Civil War Trust recently started work at its Lee’s Headquarters property in Gettysburg. Demolition of the motel, at left, will begin after asbestos is removed…
International Match & Spencer Legend
Black Powder, White Smoke By Joe Bilby International Match & Spencer Legend
Inaugural Low Country Civil War Show
Inaugural Low Country Civil War Show American Digger Magazine’s Jan. 16-17 Civil War Show and Sale in Mount Pleasant, S.C., filled Omar Shrine Temple with close t…
Historic Blenheim Hosts Christmas In Camp Family Event
Historic Blenheim Hosts Christmas In Camp Family Event By Nancy Jennis Olds FAIRFAX, Va. — Capt. Chris Hoehne, commander of the 17th Virginia Infantry, Co. D, Fai…
Gettysburg Parks Begin Study To Improve Trails
Gettysburg Parks Begin Study To Improve Trails GETTYSBURG. Pa. — The National Park Service (NPS) hosted an open house and accepted comments through January on its…
Future Monitor Museum Site Will Not Be Taken
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — It took 12 years, but in December the Greenpoint Monitor Museum learned that New York City will not take the site of its future museum honoring t…
Franconia Honors Native Fitzhugh Lee On Birthday
Fitzhugh Lee’s 180th birthday warrants a special cake. (Carl L. Sell Jr.)
Five New Jersey Flags Are Put On Display In Trenton
TRENTON, N.J. — Five flags carried by New Jersey troops were recently unveiled in the New Jersey State Museum Gallery. They are among more than 100 flags in the c…
Events Section — March 2016
– Civil War Events Through May – Exhibits
Coster Ave. Mural Project Completed
Coster Ave. Mural Project Completed Co-owner Mark Moran, right, from Lucid Glass Studio of East Providence, R.I., and Kevin Dyer were in Gettysburg on Dec. 14 to…
Civil War Trust Reports Banner 2015
WASHINGTON — The Civil War Trust reported that it protected nearly 1,700 acres of land in 13 states during 2015. Its four-year capital campaign raised $52.5 milli…
Capt. Tod Carter’s Pass Returns Home
By Gregory L. Wade FRANKLIN, Tenn. — The recent “discovery” of an artifact important to the story of the Battle of Franklin is proof there are still incredible pi…
CW Trust Needs $296K By Early April
CW Trust Needs $296K By Early April WASHINGTON — The Civil War Trust seeks $296,500 in donations by the April 5 closing on the 25acre Meade’s Breakthrough tract a…
C.S. Monuments Face Removal Threats
By Scott C. Boyd After-effects of the backlash against Confederate symbols, including the battle flag and monuments to Confederate icons like Gen. Robert E. Lee,…