Virginia Group Seeks Support For Park To Protect U.S. Army Sites
By Scott C. Boyd
STAFFORD, Va. — “It was from these camps that the army emerged that won at Gettysburg,” said Glenn Trimmer about several Union Army campsites and fortifications in Stafford County, north of Fredericksburg.

Famous O’Sullivan Photo Is Recreated In Virginia Churchyard
By Scott C. Boyd
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Civil War battles are recreated. Civil War ships are recreated (just visit the USS Monitor Center or Port Columbus). But Civil War photos?

The U.S. Army Military History Institute To Open Lt. Col. Lyman Greene’s Papers
By Kathryn Jorgensen
CARLISLE, Pa. — An archive of more than 200 items belonging to Bvt. Lt. Col. Jacob Lyman Greene, Gen. George A. Custer’s adjutant general, will soon be available to researchers at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center’s Military History Institute in Carlisle.

Gettysburg’s $7.50 Fee is In Effect
By Kathryn Jorgensen
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The National Park Service (NPS) and the Gettysburg Foundation instituted a $7.50 single admission fee for museum exhibits, the film “A New Birth of Freedom” and the Cyclorama painting effective Oct. 2.

Prairie Grove Battlefield Will Host December Anniversary Reenactment
By Kathryn Jorgensen
PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark. — Take a battle that was fought 146 years ago, a battlefield park that was established 100 years ago and a state park system that’s 75 years old and you have an idea of how important the celebration being planned at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park on Dec. 6 and 7 will be.

Updated 11/20/2008