August 26, 2009 | Posted by javal The Orange County Board of Supervisors today approved a proposal to build 240,000-square feet of big box retail on the Wilderness Battlefield. James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT), issued the following statement in the wake of the vote:
“I am deeply disappointed by today’s vote. The Orange County Board of Supervisors had [...]
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August 20, 2009 | Posted by javal Epic.
It’s a word that Barn Theatre owner Brendan Ragotzy used time and again to describe the musical production of “The Civil War,” and it seems to fit the bill.
Requiring a large and ethnically diverse cast to pull off the dozens of songs about one of the most pivotal and brutal periods in American history, it’s [...]
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May 28, 2009 | Posted by javal Pulled from some of the nation’s bloodiest battlefields, these silent centenarians have kept watch over Capitol Park for decades as living symbols of peace.
Until recently, they’ve done so all but anonymously.
Monday, trees in the Civil War Memorial Grove received some long-overdue recognition.
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April 13, 2009 | Posted by javal Park Ranger Jim Lewis was surprised when he stepped out of the visitor’s center at the Stones River Battlefield.
“It was headed right this way,” he said of Friday’s tornado.
Lewis said about 50 to 60 people took shelter in the basement of the center when word of the tornado was sent out. Some had been at [...]
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March 17, 2009 | Posted by javal A rare and mint condition pair of Colt Navy revolvers and accessory items could sell for between $1.25 million and $2 million today at the second of the two-day Antique Firearms auction at James D. Julia Inc.
The pistols were presented to Gen. Robert Anderson as the heroic defender of Fort Sumter at the end of [...]
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March 2, 2009 | Posted by javal Brother, can you spare a “Patriotic”?
Norton resident Dana Zaiser could.
Zaiser collects Civil War tokens, a popular currency during that period, the way some people collect coins. He has about 250 tokens.
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February 2, 2009 | Posted by javal Sunday, Feb. 2, 1862
FOOTE FIXES FIRING FRAMEWORK
Flag Officer Andrew Foote, commander of the Union naval forces on the Mississippi and tributaries, held his gunboat crews to strict standards. He issued these orders to the four crews sailing today: “Let it also be distinctly impressed upon the mind of every man firing a gun that, while [...]
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January 12, 2009 | Posted by javal A plan to restore the nearly-forgotten Civil War fort that overlooks Downtown St. Joseph could receive a shot of federal funding in 2009.
Trees and brush have reclaimed Fort Smith’s earthen walls since Union forces left the military installation on Prospect Hill in early 1862. For the drivers that zip by on Interstate 229, no visual [...]
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January 4, 2009 | Posted by javal First and foremost, welcome to the newest rendition of the Civil War Interactive news, the CWi Newswire. Some of our long-time readers may be surprised at this move, since we’ve kept the same basic format for our news delivery since our inception in 1996. But there was always something missing – interaction with you. Hence [...]
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