News Archive

07/16/08

Battlefield Preservation Act Extension Fight Continues

Spring Hill Names, Puts Plaques On Historic Homes and Sites

Indiana Still Hoping to Hold Collection From Defunct Lincoln Museum

Tennessee Puts Out New Trail Guide for Upcoming Sesquicentennial

Vermont Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Money Lost in Shuffle

Archaeologists, Students Search Cedar Creek Field Ahead of Mine Expansion

Ohio's Buffington Island Battle Sites Get Rededication

County Continues Discussion of Preserving Local Camp Sites

West Virginia Reenactment to Stage Battle of Laurel Hill

Little-Known Story of "Lincoln Cane" Retold by New Mexico Guide

07/15/08

Public Comment Meeting Set on Chickamauga Bridge Project

Brandy Station Battle Moves West for Illinois Reenactment

Latest Tribute to Abraham Lincoln is Rendered in Dance

Manassas Museum to Offer Lunchtime Lecture Series

Some Distressed By Cannon Fire at Spotsylvania

Ambrose Bierce, 37th TN Among Subjects at Chickamauga This Weekend

Reviewer Looks at Book on Prewar Plantations in Florida

Another Aspect of War Era Life Explored at Historic Sawmill

New Book on Imboden Caused Writer Much Research Hassle

Music Accompanies Surgery at Monocacy Presentation

Name of "Winfield Scott Hancock" Lives On and Not Just at Reenactments

07/14/08

Connecticut Latest to Join Lincoln Bicentennial Celebrations

Georgia Battle Site Gets Visits From Archaeologists

California Representative Pushes for Battlefield Preservation

Impact of War on One Tennessee Family Explored

Contestants for Title of "The Last Confederate" Were Numerous

Ken Burns to Turn Lens on National Parks for Next PBS Series

Role of Mansfield in Civil War Recalled for Town's Bicentennial

Column on New York Regiment Turns Up Many Descendants

War Era Remembered at Ohio Heritage Days Festival

07/10/08

Gettysburg College "Old Dorm" to Become County Museum

Relics From USS Monitor, CSS Virginia Surface at Mariner's Museum

Drought Helped Lead to Creation of Confederate Navy Museum

Stones River to Hear Booms as Artillery Encampment Nears

Reproduction Lincoln Flatboat to Cheat With Modern Power

Richmond Summer Programs to Feature Story of Meade Aide

Artists Use Historical Forms to Create New Works

Georgia Hopes Civil War Trails Program Will Draw Visitors

Recent Artifact Auction Seen as Educational Example

07/09/08

Grant Papers Compiler John Y. Simon Dies at 75

Tree Removal at Manassas' Deep Cut Provokes Controversy

Confederate Flag Display Causes Dispute in West Virginia

Gettysburg Visitors Should Watch for Runners on Park Roads

Various Programs Coming This Weekend at Chickamauga

Ohio Fear of Morgan's Raid Exceeded Real Results

Minnesota Soldier Honored at Grave Rededication

Civil War Garments Among Textile Collection Moved to New Home

New Photo Book Uses Reenactors to Capture Spirit of Gettysburg

07/08/08

More Details Emerge on Latest Battlefield Preservation Grants

New Signs Posted for Pennsylvania Portion of Civil War Trails

Ailing Teen Granted Wish to Command Regiment at Gettysburg

Ohio Thistle Ridge Event to Feature Civil War Wedding, Wet Undies Contest

North Dakota Planners to Take Lincoln Bicentennial to Norway

British to See Reenactment of Civil War Not Their Own

Remnant Commemorates Long Strange History of Texas' Town's Cannon

Boy Scouts to Learn History at Andrew Johnson Home

Kentucky Battle Said to Launch Career Path Towards Presidency

Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain to Feature Hospital This Weekend

07/07/08

Restored Cyclorama to Be "What No One's Ever Seen"

Park Service 2008 Preservation Grants Split Between Battlefields of Different Wars

Locals Attest to Huge Turnout for Gettysburg 145th Event

Harrisburg Museum to Offer Free Admission This Saturday

Corinth's New Interpretive Center Continues to Impress

"Civil War Chaplain" Tapped as Next Town Historian

Round Table Ventures Into Book Publication With Soldier Letters

Not All Reenactors Wield Weapons--Some Tote Tubas

07/06/08

Fort Monroe Preservation Plans Continue

West Ship Island and Fort Massachusetts Make Comeback From Katrina

Gettysburg 145th Reenactors Number 13,000, Reports Say

Very Old Indiana War Monument Repaired,  Rededicated

Story of "Valley Forge Tent" Once Owned by Mrs. Lee Questioned

New Movie On River Campaign Makes Premier in Iowa

Family Dedicates Monument to Ancestor Who Saved Custer

Local Resident's Artifacts to Be Displayed in Wisconsin Museum

Civil War Marked Turning Point in American's View of Flag

Latest Lincoln Book Looks at Marriage, Family

07/02/08

Don't Expect "Franklin National Park" Anytime Soon, NPS Official Says

Franklin Figures Among Those Honored by Tennessee Historical Commission

Washington Boyhood Home Found Despite Union Soldiers' Camp Damage

NPS Chief Historian Muses on Early Career at Manassas

Confederate Flag Flying Over Town Landfill Said to be Probable Prank

Kansas' Fort Scott to Feature Civil War Among Holiday Activities

Army-Navy Exhibit Set for Weekend at Fort Donelson

Town Museums Can Be Unexpected Source of Civil War Items

Minnesota Town to Dedicate Cannon on Holiday

Russian Developer Adds Scenes to Game on US Civil War

Women's Undergarments to Be Featured at Texas Chautauqua

07/01/08

Shenandoah Valley Group Celebrates Addition to Cedar Creek

Civil War Sex Show Scheduled at Frederick Medical Museum

Gettysburg 145th Shaping Up to Be Largest Event Ever

The Day a Churchill Saved Custer Remembered

Historic Connecticut Cemetery in Need of Improvements

Are Diggers Preservers or Looters? The Debate Continues

Special Events, Book Signing On Tap at  Chickamauga

New Preservation Resource Compilation Announced

Author Assembles Ancestor's Journals Into Book

06/30/08

Indiana Lincoln Museum Closes Doors for Last Time

House With Ties to Illinois' General Logan Gets Preservation

New Research Leading to Greater Respect for Battle of Hanover

Washington State Paper Catches Grief for Coverage of Davis' Sign Theft

Quirky Virginia Park Features Union Soldiers' Battle With Dinosaurs

Madeira Wine Bottled During Civil War Might Still Be Good

Importance of Telegraph on War News Coverage Explored

Westminster Reenactment Includes Period Church Service

Civil War Music and Comedy Duo to Perform in Illinois

Family Story Shows Impact of War Far Beyond Battles

06/26/08

Gettysburg Cyclorama Building Architect's Fans Try Last Stab at Lawsuit

Family Saves Civil War Letters From Fire in Historic Home

Cast Needed for Civil War Movie Filming in South Carolina

Chickamauga-Chattanooga Park Announces Summer Schedule

Undisturbed Maryland Civil War Site Featured in County History Days

Tennessee Historical Museum to Present Living History

Son Overcomes Reluctance to Make Film About Historian Dad

Collector to Display Lincoln Artifacts at Downstate Illinois Exhibit

New College Athletic Center to Hold Lincoln Artifacts

06/25/08

Washington Groups Vie With Others for Loot From Indiana Lincoln Museum

Land Conservancy Preserves Field of Gettysburg Reenactment

Illinois' Copy of Gettysburg Address to Return to Public Display

Manassas Battlefield Park Gets New Superintendent

Virginia Landmarks List Adds Sites Including Civil War Camps

Tennessee Living History Event Put Emphasis on Food

North Carolina Author Gaining Fame for Civil War Novels

New Book Helps Translate Civil War Era Money Values

Actor Turned Author Gene Hackman Releases Civil War Novel

06/24/08

Preservationists Seek to Save Land at Bentonville Battlefield

Pennsylvania Politicos to Play Roles in Early's Raid Reenactment

Land Conservancy to Auction Civil War Doll Before Gettysburg Event

Mississippi Juneteenth Festival Continues to Grow, Draw Tourists

New Opera Uses Old Title to Tell New Story of Lincoln Assassination

Illinois Town to Celebrate "The Year of Lincoln"

CWPT Goes Digital for Summer Civil War Photo Contest

Chickamauga Schedules Special Programs, Bike Tours

06/23/08

Massive Trove of Historic Documents Found at Emory's Maryland Home

Finders Hope to Save First Cannon Shell Found from Mobile Bay

Director Places Shakespeare's "Dream" in Civil War Setting 

Vermont History Expo Lacks Wicker Casket But Has Encampment

Under-Construction Confederate Ironclad Replica to Host Students

Kansas to Remember Constitution Battle Which Led to War

Wisconsin Cannon Battle Settled in Just Less Time than War Itself

Careful Horsemanship Excites Crowd at Missouri Reenactment

O'Dell Collection Goes to Auction on Anniversary of Surrender

Michigan Town Unveils New Monument to its Civil War Veterans

06/22/08

Missing Lincoln Monument at Nay Aug still a mystery

Quarry plan fractures Va. battlefield agreement

Americold denying plans for strip mine near Carthage battlefield

Three UA Civil War books reap awards

Civil War exhibit at Old Red Museum highlights North Texans’ involvement

Ramsey Lewis to compose work on Lincoln

Lincoln print may draw collector

06/19/08

Appomattox Latest Site Considered for Confederate Museum Relocation

Divisions Continue Within Sons of Confederate Veterans' Ranks

Writer of Play on Lincoln to Discuss Work in Kentucky Talk

Tennessee's Andrew Johnson House to Host Encampment

"Ghost Hunters" Show Visits Fort Delaware for Season Finale

Massachusetts Town Museum Creates Exhibit on Town's Involvement in War

Missouri Battle Reenactment Planned on (Non-Flooded) Riverbank

Maine Man Looks to Tap Interest in History to Start Union Sons Camp

Minnesota Adds Camp to Covered Bridge Arts Festival

Indiana Steam Train to Transport Visitors Back to Civil War Days

06/18/09

Pistol Returns to Michigan Museum As Mysteriously As It Left

Midwest Floods Causing Problems at Wilson's Creek Battlefield

Gettysburg Battle Days Ranger Walks Schedule Announced

Special Collector's Magazine "Civil War Secrets" Published

North Carolina Museum Gets Long-Missing Flag With Stonewall Ties

Special Programs Set This Weekend at Chickamauga

Harrisburg's Camp Curtin to Hold Anniversary Event This Weekend

Unusual Touring Exhibit Pairs Lincoln With Russian Czar

Exhibit to Take Close Look at North Texas and the Civil War

East Tennessee Festival to Include New Civil War Movie

New Musical Featuring Young Abe Lincoln to Premier in 2009 in Illinois

06/17/08

North Carolina "Race to the Dan" Sites Noted as Endangered

Idaho Man Restores Civil War Cannon to Firing Condition

Illinois Town Celebrates Lincoln-Douglas Debates With Hats

Wind Turbines Proposed Alternative to Power Lines in Battlefields

Exhibit Explores Roles of Blacks in US Naval History

West Virginia Paper Lists Historic Homes, Many With Civil War Connections

Indiana County to Get First Statistics on Impact of Historic Tourism

Lincoln Impersonator Celebrates 25th Year in Role of Old Abe

Nevada Chautauqua Series to Present Civil War in Talk and Music

06/16/08

NPS Updates Antietam Damage Report From June 4 Windstorm

Longtime Harpers Ferry Superintendent Announces Retirement

Michigan Town to Unfurl Confederate Cannon Found Underground

Alabama Reenactors Mark Jefferson Davis' Birthday

Battle of Harpers Ferry Reenacted at Original Scene of the Action

Gas Prices Blamed for Attendance Drop at Oregon Reenactment

Plaque Dedication Offers Chance to Remember Lincoln Delaware Visit

Book Details Links Between Lincoln and Illinois County

06/15/08

Missing Tennessee Union Flags May Be in Private Hands, Museum Says

South Carolina Beach Project Finds Odd Additive in Sand Dredge

"Juneteenth" Observances Celebrate News of Emancipation

Civil War Grave Markers Offered for West Virginia Day Event

Nebraska Town Plans Civil War Prairie Camp for Homestead Days

Book Explores Civil War in Words of Former Slaves

Illinois Lincoln Trail Marker Gets Cleanup Before Bicentennial

Father's Day Origin Has Civil War Links Too

Tennessee's Liberty Gap Reenactors Struggle On Through Rain

Photo of Lincoln Statue with "Noose" Brings Newspaper Criticism

06/11/08

Tape Shows Arsonist On Porch at Texas' Historic Governor's Mansion

Idaho Plans to Move, Refurbish Large Lincoln Statue

New Jersey Regiments to Be Featured at Civil War Weekend

Vandals Dig Up, Desecrate Major's Grave in Virginia Cemetery

Tennessee Museum Facing Mystery on Fate of Numerous Flags

Civil War Photos to Be Exposed at Wilson's Creek

Chattanooga Superintendent Notes Need to Adapt Parks for Change

Hanover Reenactment to Focus on Jeb Stuart's Ride

Michigan Town's Civil War Days to Feature Graveyard Tour, Living History

Newly Released Computer Games Include Civil War Title

06/10/08

Lincoln to Share Space With Horse, Turkey in Sculpture Garden

Davis May Share Space With Lincoln in Richmond's Tredegar

Connecticut Town Finds Civil War Era Flag in Old Records Room

Blue Cloth Adds to Mystery of Cannonball Found in Virginia

Groups Meet to Decide Fate of Collection at Indiana Lincoln Museum

Gettysburg Ghosts Get Chance to Perform Live on TV Show

Chickamauga Sets Special Programs for Flag Day Weekend

NPS Names New Superintendent at Richmond Area Sites

Gettysburg Train Station Sale to NPS Nearly Finalized

Ford's Theater May Be Closed but Assassination Tour Available

06/09/08

Fire at Texas' Prewar Governor's Mansion Suspected Arson

Munitions "Left Behind" at Fort Monroe Since Civil War

Luminaria Added to Shippensburg's Upcoming "March to Destiny"

Pamplin Park to Go to Extended Summer Hours

Wisconsin Soldier's Autograph Book Comes to Auction Again

Rifles Left Behind in Tavern Among Items at Gettysburg Appraisal

Tennessee Fort Defiance Reenactment Marches On Despite Heat

Even Cookbooks Now Looking to Rope In Ties to Lincoln

Illinois Town's Lincoln Bicentennial Project Connects to Local Canal 

Second Volume of "Throes of Democracy" Covers Buildup to War

06/06/08

Storm at Antietam Damages Fences, Trees But Not Park Structures

Sign Describing Washington State Jefferson Davis Memorial Stolen

Lincoln Statue in Oregon Loses Its Head, Again

Editorial Says Texas Museum Should Return Diorama to Students

CWPT Seeks to Save North Carolina's Bentonville Battlefield

Michigan Students Perform Ingenious Nonviolent "Reenactment"

Minnesota Town Dedicates Replica Cannon as Sesquicentennial Nears

Civil War Trail Sign Added at Richmond's Confederate White House

Accuracy Questioned at Living History Including Black Confederate Troops

Longtime Lincoln Portrayer Macon Ray Dies at 81

National Forests, National Parks Share Shortcomings in Historic Preservation

University of Arkansas Press Sweeps Book Awards from Order of Stars & Bars

Tennessee Heritage Center Opens Traveling "Hoofbeats" Exhibit

06/05/08

Florida Group Plans to Fly Largest Confederate Flag Over Interstate

Jefferson Davis Home to Officially Reopen After Katrina Repairs

Restored Home of Confederate Official Lamar to Open in Mississippi

New Civil War Game "Ironclads" Released

Gettysburg Cavalry Historians to Speak, Promote New Book

Book on Lincoln's Marriage Seen as Look at Human Side of Icon

Illinois Library's Lincoln Collection Growing Through Donations

Maryland's South Mountain to Ring With Artillery Blasts

Appraisers to Hit Gettysburg for County Antiques Event

Bentonville to Host Living History for North Carolina Soldiers

Long Forgotten Graves of Michigan Unknowns Now Restored

Novelist Who Got Help From Shelby Foote to Sign Books in Memphis

Mock Funeral Recalls Victorian Customs of Civil War Times

London Version of Musical "GWTW" Cuts Run Short After Weak Response

06/02/08

Audit Finds Possible Problems With Funds at Mills Creek

Another Artillery Shell Lost When Historical Society Calls Bomb Squad

Woman Loses Suit Asking Payment (Plus Interest) of Civil War Debt

Lincoln Study Projects Should Teach Man Not Myth, Editor Says

Mississippi Reenactment to Tell Story of Black Troops

Davis Bicentennial Moment Obscured Due to "Infamy"

Lincoln Will Play in Peoria at Lakeview Museum

Renovation Work on Ford's Theater Nears Midpoint, Progress Noted

If Fort Sumter Too Distant, Kansas Field Offers Another War "First"

First "Arts in the Park" Set This Weekend at Wilson's Creek

If Lines are Long at Famous Presidential Houses, Try These Instead

05/30/08

Bill for NPS Study of Newtonia Battlefields Awaits Signature

Lincoln-Signed Copy of Homestead Act Goes On Display in North Dakota

"Gone With the Wind" Musical Could Be Headed for Broadway

Guns Fired in More Than Just "Official" Battles, Virginia Historian Notes

Historical Society's Living History to Be at Salem Avery House

Culpeper Paper Gives Roundup of Upcoming History Events

One Virginia Man's Journey Through Civil War Traced

New Jersey Student Bags Full Scholarship to Gettysburg College Summer Institute

05/28/08

Real Tragedy Intrudes on British Reenactment

Chickamauga 145th Anniversary to Feature Medal of Honor Winner

Preservation Trust Honors Politicians for Contributions to Cause

Editor Suggests Tapping Civil War Preservationists Expertise

Wilson's Creek Promoted as Midwestern Tourist Destination

Virginia History Magazine Editor Wins Round Table Award for Book

Petersburg Recruiting Kids for Summer "Earthworks" Camp

05/27/08

Small But Significant Land Donation at Petersburg Commended

Bizarre Story Interweaves Scholar With Reenactor Who Stole Davis Letters

Thunder Substitutes for Cannon at Shiloh Memorial Day Service

Stiff Upper Lips Maintained as British Reenactment is Rained Upon

Hildene Lectures at Robert Lincoln's Home to Look at Elections

Efforts at Lincoln Art Becoming Increasingly Creative

Memorial Planned for Civil War Soldier Found in Rhode Island

New York's Riverside Park Monument Unveiled After Restoration

Soldier Who Died in Idaho Finally Gets Tombstone for Grave

05/26/08

Calhoun Resigns as Director of Franklin's Carnton Plantation

Volunteers Needed for New Gettysburg Visitor Center

Corinth Preservation Group Wins National Award for Efforts

Gettysburg Country Club Faces Foreclosure, Contemplates Land Sale to Park

Massive Effort Needed to Save 1850s Farm that Served as Antietam Hospital

Beaufort's Penn Center Gets Seat on South Carolina Bicentennial Board

Civil War Historian Faust Shares Yale Honor Stage With Beatle

Soldier Who Lost Battle With Traffic May Rise Again

Wilderness Friends Group Wins Pohanka Award for Ellwood Work

New Book on Gettysburg Gets Review in Co-Author's Hometown Paper

Harpers Ferry Noted as Short-Drive Vacation Spot for Easterners

Late War Plot Would Have Hit North With Biological Weapon

05/23/08

Cartwright Resigns as Head of Franklin's Carter House

Details on Sunken Ship Found Near Tampa Continue to Surface

Long Drives Avoidable for Midwest Civil War Fans

Chickamauga-Chattanooga Park Announces Holiday Weekend Events

Ferry Farm Reenactment Set for Holiday Weekend

Early Ohio Police Chief Gets New Marker Noting War Service

Missouri Museum Exhibit to Highlight Lives of Generals Grant, Lee

Illinois Town Honors Memory of Native Son John Logan

Dwindling Jewish Veterans Group Traces History to Civil War

05/22/08

Stolen Presidential Letters Recovered, Thief Pleads Mental Illness

Davis Letters Stolen a Decade Ago Found But Never Missed

Gettysburg Residents, Visitors Warned Against Feral Kittens

Sunken Ship in River Near Tampa Believed to Be the "Kate Dale"

Kentucky Teachers to Get Help With Lincoln Bicentennial Seminar

Small Illinois Town Produced Remarkable Number of Generals

Account of Secret Wartime Raid in Louisiana Continues

Novel Explores Life of Medical Student in Civil War Years

Story Explores Details, History of Food Preservation

05/21/08

Despite Spangler Purchase, Much of Gettysburg "Park" Land Still Private

Illinois House Passes Bill for Lincoln License Plates 93-3

Groups Chip In to Provide Protection For Banged-Up Ohio Monument

Pennsylvania Woman Seeks to Preserve Town's Historic Records

Relics Including Medal of Honor Donated to Harrisburg Museum

Bentonville UDC Group to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

California Student's Film on Sherman's March Reaches National Competition

Yet Another Book Explores Mystery of Lincoln-Todd Marriage

Impact of War on Children in Missouri Explored

05/20/08

Motorola Foundation to Fund Grants for Lincoln Projects

Wreck of Possible Blockade Runner Found by Divers Near Tampa

Proposed Changes at Custer's Best Known Battlefield Criticized

Shenandoah Valley Group Releases New Tour Guide

Bike Tours Scheduled at Chattanooga-Chickamauga Park

New Gettysburg Visitor Center to Take New Approach to Memorial Day Observance

New Foundation-Funded Movie to Open at Wilson's Creek

Manassas Museum Sets Dad-Kid Event at Fort Mayfield

Gravestone Replaced for Very Unlucky Kentucky Soldier

Murfreesboro Groups Team Up to Present Speaker on Humble Topic

05/19/08

Plan for "Racing Club" on Civil War Site Stirs North Carolina Dispute

Date for Rehab of Gettysburg's Cemetery Ridge Draws Nigh

Illinois Town Plans Observance of Lincoln-Douglas Debate Anniversary

Scranton Civil War Museum to Reopen Soon in More Accessible Location

Even Famous Mapmakers Languish in Obscurity

West Virginia Plantation Museum Presents History, Artillery

Illinois Event Includes Rare Portrayal of Henry Wirz

Upcoming Michigan Event to Cover Reenactment, Living History, Lincoln

Battle of Westport Reenactment Enjoys Perfect Weather

Forget Ghosts--New Novel Brings Tale of Civil War Vampires

Book Explores American Myths in Civil War Era

West Virginia Native to Return for Talk on Lincoln

05/16/08

DC Park Arsenic Problem May Date to Embalmings of Civil War Soldiers

Project Begins to Find "Lost" Cremated Remains of Veterans

Digging Artillery Shell Out of Wall Gets Virginia Man Felony Charges

Virginia's Historic Rose Hill Farm Finds New Role Yet Again

Building Used as Livery Stable During Civil War Lost to Fire Blamed on Lightning

Indiana Cemetery Cannon Receives Rededication

Wisconsin Historical Group Decides to Have Bomb Squad Check Out Relics

Ohio Civil War Weekend Ruled Success Despite Battle Washout

Group Asks Total Ban on Confederate Flag in Maryland's Allegany County Schools

Non-Historian's Time at Battle of the Wilderness Conference Ruled Rewarding

Magazine Offers Roundup of Lincoln-Related Coming Events

05/15/08

Proposed Sale of Lincoln Train Station Raises Gettysburg Council Dispute

Poison Found in Soil of DC's Only Civil War Battle Site

Condition of USS Monitor Wreck Evaluated in Government Report

Civil War Items Sell Well at Recent Auction of Southern Historic Papers

Gold Coins Recovered from Wreck of Prewar Ship Off Louisiana

Medal of Honor Winner's Name Proposed for Waltham Building

Indianapolis Area Military Museum to Be Dedicated

Scot Who Died in US Civil War to Be Added to Home Town Memorial

Indiana School Contest Covered All Subjects in Civil War

North Carolina Town Observes Confederate Memorial Day

05/14/08

Lincoln Presidential Library Awards Prize to Desmond Tutu 

Petersburg to Present Program on Lives of Civilians in Wartime

Funding Help Sought to Restore St. Louis' Greenwood Cemetery

The Selling of the Lincoln Bicentennial Begins at Marketing Conference

History of Texas' Camp Ford Prison Explored

Creative Teacher Merges Study of Marine Biology, Civil War

Photographer Creates Show of Battlefields Where Black Troops Fought

Quilts, Textiles to Be Showcased at California Lincoln Shrine

05/13/08

Congressman Who Pushed Newtonia Study Visits Scene of Destruction

Battlefield Tourism May Take Hit From Surging Gas Prices

Winchester Tourism Council Opens Offices With Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Group

A. P. Hill  Monument to Hold Defensive Line Against Richmond Drivers

New Masonic Monument Dedicated at Kentucky Battlefield

Story of New Jersey's "Holy Stones" Entangled in 1860 Conspiracy

Ohio Parks to Start Promoting History in Sites They Already Own

Historic North Carolina Church, Survivor of Civil War, Celebrates Bicentennial

Pennsylvania County Hopes Civil War Trail Will Help Expand Tourism Outside Gettysburg

Michigan Community Schedules Reenactment This Weekend

Massive Scout Gathering Uses Lincoln Study to Build Character

05/10/08

Newtonia's Richie Mansion Gets Hole in Roof in Weekend Storm

Antietam Area Landowners Explain Reasons Behind Conservation Easement

Pennsylvania Monuments at Gettysburg Project Hits Halfway Mark

Spielberg Set to Shoot--er, "Film"--Lincoln in 2009

Flag that Flew Over Mobile Defenses Goes on Temporary Display

North Carolina Yadkin Bridge Added to Endangered Battlefields List

Large Confederate Flag to Mark West Tennessee Memorial Site

San Francisco Artists Picked for New Statue at Lincoln Birthplace

Ceremony Honoring Civil War Soldier Cut Short by Missouri Storm

West Virginia Reenactment to Add Focus on Black Soldiers' Experience

05/09/08

Bill Authorizing Central Illinois as "Lincoln Heritage Area" Signed

Dedication of Veteran's Stone to Highlight Missouri Cemetery Celebration

Man Wants to Close Civil War Grave Robbed Decades Ago

Fort Clifton Festival to Teach Role of Site in Petersburg Defenses

Data Site Footnote.com Adds 1860 Census to Civil War Collection

Louisiana Encampment to Recall Burning of Town of Alexandria 

Military Force to Invade Ohio Capitol, Shoot Off Guns in Streets

Accident of Casting Propelled Man Into Career as Lincoln

Connections Between Civil War and Mother's Day Noted

05/08/08

Gettysburg's George Spangler Farm Bought Outright By Foundation

South Carolina Sesquicentennial Commission Bill Makes Progress

Video Version of "American Brutus" Now Out on DVD

Church That Survived Civil War and Hurricanes Now Threatened by Hawks

Gettysburg College Civil War Institute Serves as Model for Revolutionary War Studies

Maryland Town Bases History Contest on Details of "Corbit's Charge"

Southern Woman's Diary Tracks Progress of War, Children

Alabama North-South Ball Rescheduled for Fall After Ticket Sales Slow

Texas Park Where Veterans Held Reunions Gets New Manager

South Dakota Museum Program to Present Ken Burns' Show

New Book Traces History of Black South Carolinians

05/07/08

Congress Approves $15 Million, 15 Year Project to Promote Lincoln

Confederate Flag Brings $95K at Recent Firearms Auction

Petersburg Formalizes Policy When Civil War Explosives Found

Kansas City Residents Oppose Development Over Site of Cemetery

Shelby Foote Included in Campaign to Boost Mississippi Reputation

Civil War General's Relics Said Lost in Palm Beach Fire That Killed One

Pennsylvania Adds Civil War Trail Signs in Six Counties

Family Donation to Help Finance Kentucky Lincoln Memorial Project

Confederate Memorial Day to Be Observed Saturday

Mississippi Tourism Conference Sees Civil War History As Draw

Questioner Asks What Ever Happened to "Last Full Measure" Movie

South Carolina Town Proposes Historic District, Helps Fund Reenactment

05/06/08

Trees, World War I Era Trenches to Be Removed From Petersburg

Mississippi Courthouse Used as Hospital for Battle of Raymond to Get Restoration

Civil War Medical Museum Volunteer Honored for "Ripken-like" Service

Civil War Chaplain's Diary Available at Missouri Museum

Wilsons Creek Horse Trails Reopen After Cleanup From Ice Storm

High School Annual Academic Decathlon Focused on Civil War

Students Do Hands-On Digging at Ohio Civil War POW Island

Mississippi War-Era Mayor's House Gets Restoration

Civil War Nurse, Ex-Slave Join Springsteen in New Jersey Hall of Fame

"GWTW" Musical to Get Revisions After Critics Fail to Give Damn

Stones River Battlefield Schedules Lantern Tours This Year