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Presenters encamp, battle, educate at Civil War Living History Weekend

Reenactors and presenters brought visitors back to the early 1860s for Century Village Museum’s 41st annual Civil War Living History Weekend. Union and Confederate soldiers encamped and mingled with ...
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Reliving the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, and discovering an Illinois connection

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...
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National Park Service commemorates the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Corinth with ranger-led walks, talks, car caravan tours, and book signing

Shiloh National Military Park will commemorate the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Corinth on Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4, with special ranger-led historical programs exploring key actions ...
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Gettysburg guide shares family’s Civil War story

Dan Orr, a volunteer tour guide at Gettysburg National Military Park, shares the story of his ancestor, Patrick Farrington.
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Major battles at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill helped shape the Civil War in the West

PLEASANT HILL, La. — In the spring of 1864, northwest Louisiana became the center of one of the Civil War’s most ambitious and consequential Union offensives. Known as the Red River Campaign, the ...