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Alliance Is Making Plans To Reenact Lincoln’s 1861 Virginia Troop Review
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A Virginia non-profit has been formed to reenact the Nov. 20, 1861, Grand Review of U.S. troops for President Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet.
Richmond, Ky. Battle Park To Unveil Texas Memorial
RICHMOND, Ky. — The Texas Historical Commission will dedicate a state monument in Madison County’s Battlefield Park on Saturday, May 23.
McGowan’s Brigade At Spotsylvania To Be Honored May 9
By Scott C. Boyd
SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE, Va. — A monument to Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan’s Brigade of South Carolina troops was recently placed where they fought at the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Battlefield. The monument will be dedicated at a formal ceremony on May 9.
Tornado Causes Damage, Closes Some Sites At Stones River Battlefield
By Gregory L Wade
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A tornado that swept through Murfreesboro on Good Friday, April 10, necessitated the closing of much of the Stones River National Battlefield to tourists.
Special Events At Richmond Battlefield
RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond National Battlefield Park has scheduled a number of free anniversary and living history and other events this year.
156 Forbes Drawings Are Given To Virginia Society
RICHMOND, Va. — A private collector who wishes to remain anonymous recently donated his collection of 156 Civil War drawings by Edwin Forbes to the Virginia Historical Society (VHS).
Special Programs, Dinner, Auction Will Honor The Wilderness 145th Anniversary
LOCUST GROVE, Va. — Friends of Wilderness Battlefield (FoWB) and the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park will commemorate the Battle of the Wilderness 145th anniversary on May 2 and 3 with tours, living history, demonstrations, a dinner and auction.
CWPT, Officials Celebrate Virginia’s Preservation Record
By Scott C. Boyd
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The Slaughter Pen Farm has been the scene of two historic events, one an epic Civil War battle in 1862 and the other a huge victory for historic preservation in 2006.
Updated 4/30/2009 |