Battle Sites Face Many Threats According To Annual CWPT Report
By Kathryn Jorgensen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sites threatened by mining, erosion, commercial and residential development and road widening lead the Civil War Preservation Trust’s 2009 edition of “History Under Siege,” the annual report on the most endangered Civil War battlefields.
Mapping Project Looks At Charleston Harbor As Battlefield
By Scott C. Boyd
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The entrance to the harbor in Charleston – the scene of much naval activity during the Civil War – will be mapped to produce the nautical equivalent of a detailed map of a large battlefield on land.
The National Journal & Investigators Eye Gettysburg Park
By Kathryn Jorgensen
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Two investigative reports by Edward T. Pound of the National Journal put Gettysburg National Military Park and the Gettysburg Foundation on the radar of official Washington.
Forget The ‘Yee-haw’ Capturing The Real, True, Accurate, Historical Rebel Yell
By Scott C. Boyd
RICHMOND, Va. — Reenactors and Sons of Confederate Veterans members have done the Rebel Yell for years at Civil War battle reenactments and related events.
55 Rare Photos Are In Mass. Exhibit
MEDFORD, Mass. — Fifty-five rare Civil War photographs are on display at the Medford Historical Society through April 30. “Of the People: Faces of the Civil War” includes portraits of men, women, children, freed slaves, immigrants and Native Americans.
145th Wilderness Anniversary Plans
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. — Friends of Wilderness Battlefield (FoWB) and Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (FSNMP) will host special activities over the May 2-3 weekend commemorating the 145th anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness.
Chambersburg Seminars To Do Brown’s Raid In April
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Chambersburg Civil War Seminars series for 2009 kicks off with “In the Footsteps of John Brown” from April 3-5. The seminars have raised more than $100,000 for battlefield preservation since their inception in 1989.
Monument To 3rd Vermont To Be Previewed May 16th
BARRE, Vt. — The Eighteenth Vermont Regiment Inc. historic preservation organization will host a May 16 viewing of a memorial honoring the 3rd Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment’s action at the Battle of Dam No. 1, Newport News, Va., on April 16, 1862.
Pamplin Park Open Weekdays, By Reservation On Weekends
PETERSBURG, Va. — Weekday public hours have expanded at Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. The park is now open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and continues to be open by reservation only on weekends.
County, Friends Group Sign Deal To Create Stafford, Va. Civil War Park
By Scott C. Boyd
STAFFORD, Va. — An agreement was signed in early March to create a park at a Stafford County campsite with fortifications that some call the “Valley Forge of the Civil War.”
Work Begins To Interpret Pristine Mine Run Battlefield In Virginia
By Scott C. Boyd
ORANGE COUNTY, Va. — The battlefield at Mine Run in Orange County, Va., called “pristine” by National Park Service (NPS) historian Robert E.L. Krick, and “one of the very best battlefields in the country for integrity of the site,” is the subject of an interpretive plan, thanks to a grant from the NPS.
Updated 3/25/2009 - new archived stories added 5/6/09 |