Civil War grave marker plan hits snag Because of a change in Department of Veterans’ Affairs policy, one of the Gen. John A. Logan Museum’s goals in observing the Civil War Sesquicentennial has run into a problem.
July 3, 2013 - The Southern Illinoisan
Re-enactors to be part of Civil War Family Day Civil War re-enactors are coming to Historic Christ Church in Weems as part of a Civil War Family Day on Saturday, July 13. Members of “Voices of Freedom,” a group of living historians from Gloucester led by Dr. Wesley Wilson and Chauncey Herring, will be on site from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
July 2, 2013 - Southside Sentinel
Civil War sesquicentennial activities conclude Vicksburg's Civil War sesquicentennial activities conclude this week with a full slate of events commemorating the surrender of Vicksburg. Tim Kavanaugh, chief of interpretation for VNMP, tells the Vicksburg Post ( http://bit.ly/19PhFSo ) that at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday the park will feature re-enactors portraying the surrender interview between Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...
July 1, 2013 - Erie Times-News