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Category Archives: Museums
Civil War photos: Help sought to solve old mystery
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The names of the two little girls are an enduring mystery, their images found among crumpled bodies on Civil War battlefields. Each is posed primly on chairs, ringlets cascading past the rouged cheeks of one, the other … Continue reading
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Tagged 1865, 2nd Virginia Infantry, 3rd virginia Cavalry, Ann Drury Wellford, Battle of Shiloh, Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photography, Confederate, Corinth, Fredericksburg, Heartwell Kincaid Adams, High Bridge, James Shields, Jeffrey Ruggles, Kilmartin, L.M.C. Lee, Mississippi, Museum of the Confederacy, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, photography, Port Royal, Richmond, Sam Craghead, The Blue and Gray in Black and White, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas W. Timberlake, unidentified, Union, Virginia, Walter Blunt
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Civil War soldier’s memorabilia finds a family
West End pawn broker to give items to relative Read the original story here. By Chad Smith Pocono Record Writer May 23, 2012 The story’s got a happy ending. About three weeks ago, the Pocono Record wrote about Paul Mastronardi, a … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Museums
Tagged 153rd Pennsylvania, Albert Clewell, Army of the Potomac, Brodheadsville, Chancellorsville, Civil War Institute, Commemoration, Documents, GAR, Gettysburg, Grand Army of the Republic, Lexington, Miscellaneous and tagged 11th Corps, North Carolina, Northampton County, P&J Coin and Gold Exchange, Paul Mastronardi, Pennsylvania, PVT Clewell, Virginia
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Exhibit looks at role of railroads in the Civil War
Originally Published Apr 20, 2012 22:20 By LARRY ALEXANDER – Lancaster Online By the time of his death in 1885, just 35 days shy of his 60th birthday, Anson Stager had served as the president of several powerful companies: Western … Continue reading
Posted in Gettysburg, Museums, Railroad
Tagged ammunition, Andrew J. Etman, Anson Stager, Antietam, Arkansas, Boston, Charlie Fox, Chicago Edison Company, Chicago Telephone Company, Culp's Hill, George G. Meade, Gettysburg, Governor, Harrisburg, Henry Fonda, John White Geary, Jubal Early, Lancaster, Maryland, McKay and Aldus, Mississippi River, Mount Wolf, Nathaniel McKay, New York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Second Division, Stager's code, Susquehanna River, Taneytown, telegraph, Ten Eyck Hilton Fonda, U.S. Army, U.S. Military Telegraph, Virginia, Washington D.C., Western Electric, wiretappers, XII Corps
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Civil War Museums Evolve to Stay Relevant
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Inside Louisiana’s Civil War Museum, battle flags line the walls. Uniforms, swords and long-barreled guns fill museum cases beside homespun knapsacks, dented canteens and tiny framed pictures of wives that soldiers carried into battle. In the … Continue reading
Northampton Community College celebrates opening of Civil War exhibit
By Sara K. Satullo | The Express-Times A crowd quickly developed around Brian Alnutt as he guided visitors through the Civil War exhibit on loan toNorthampton Community College. Alnutt is an assistant professor of history at the college and was acting … Continue reading
Actor, studio founder Tim Reid named to board of Virginia Civil War center
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar has added some star power to its board. The Richmond attraction says Norfolk native Tim Reid is among four new members named to its board. Reid is probably … Continue reading
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Tagged Daphne Maxell Reid, New Millenium Studios, Petersburg, Tim Reid, Tredegar, Venus Flytrap, Virginia, WKRP in Cincinnati
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Exec. director of National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Md. is myth-buster, works on shows
STAN GOLDBERG The Frederick News-Post FREDERICK, Md. — Actress Ashley Judd learned the truth about her great-great-great-grandfather from George Wunderlich, executive director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick. She thought her ancestor had lost a leg as … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Museums
Tagged 19th Century, American West, Andersonville, Ashley Judd, ballistics, banjo, Battlefield Detectives, BBC, Brooke Shields, Charles Goodnight, Civil War, France, Frederick, genealogy, George Wunderlich, Georgia, History Detectives, King Louis XIV, Maryland, Medicine, Mythbusters, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, NBC, New Mexico, Oliver Loving, PBS, Roy Underhill, Saltville, surgery, television, Terry Reimer, Texas, The Real Cowboys, The Real Lonesome Dove, The Woodwright's Shop, Union, Virginia, Who Do You Think You Are?
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Civil War buffs to re-enact 1st U.S. spy balloon’s flight
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Civil War memories take an aerial turn Saturday, with a 150-year-anniversary celebration of the birth of the U.S. Balloon Corps on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Outside the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air andSpace Museum, curators … Continue reading
McCook House Civil War Museum to reopen after major renovation
From the Press-News.com - Minerva, Ohio The Ohio Historical Society’s McCook House Civil War Museum, in Carrollton, will reopen Friday through Saturday, May 20-22, after undergoing more than a $500,000 renovation. The 1837 Federal-style brick house was built by Daniel McCook … Continue reading
