Category Archives: Reenactment

Mosby Returns To Lee District for Civil War Sesquicentennial

The memory of the “Gray Ghost” is strong in Franconia By James Cullum - Kingstowne Patch The spitting image of Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby, one of the most despised and feared men ever to ride in Franconia, appeared in full battle … Continue reading

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Spotsylvania will hold several Civil War events this weekend.

Spotsylvania will hold several Civil War events this weekend. By Amy Flowers Umble The Civil War will return to Spotsylvania next weekend. The county will host several re-enactment events to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Spotsylvania. The events … Continue reading

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Delaware festivals: Old meets new at Dover Days

Civil War history mixes with modern-day fun in festival, parade MOLLY MURRAY The News Journal DOVER — At the Civil War Encampment along the St. Jones River, the soldiers of the 2nd Delaware Infantry had just returned from a long … Continue reading

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Civil War re-enactors remember the fallen at historic courthouse

By Leigh Kelley Times-News Staff Writer Shots from Confederate Civil War “soldiers” rang out on Main Street Saturday as members of several area Civil War re-enactment groups celebrated Confederate Memorial Day with a ceremony in front of the Historic Henderson County … Continue reading

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Suffolk museum brings Civil War to life

By Linda McNatt The Virginian-Pilot Gae Ward stood next to the man portraying her Civil War husband, the Rev. George Williams, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Main Street. Ward said she would have been busy 150 years ago - … Continue reading

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What’s the role of a modern day journalist photographing Civil War re-enactments?

by Robert Cohen I’m no Mathew Brady. Or perhaps I am. The father of American Civil War photography came into the fray as primarily a portrait photographer but was best known as a documentarian, photographing the battlefields as they were, peppered with … Continue reading

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Fairfield opens local Civil War 150th anniversary events

BY JARRAD HEDES Gettysburg Times Staff Writer It is officially American Civil War Commemoration weekend in Fairfield, with events slated throughout the town today. The “Battle Hymn of the Republic” played loudly Friday night while re-enactors, local residents and dignitaries … Continue reading

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A chapter that’s all but forgotten: When the Civil War came west

BY CATHARINE HAMM, MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK, Ariz. - Things hadn’t gone according to plan - do they ever in war? - and now, Lt. James Barrett was going to make them right. The cavalry officer and his … Continue reading

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Civil War Guide Touts Spy, Life Off Battlefields

From WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — There are battlefields, and then there’s Belle Boyd, teenage temptress and Confederate spy. The Appalachian Regional Commission is betting Boyd is the sexier Civil War story and that tourists will want … Continue reading

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ANNUAL CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT: MAY 7 - Linden, Tennessee

Relive local history on Saturday, May 7, 2011, when a Civil War event will be reenacted in downtown Linden: the May 12, 1863 burning of the Perry County Courthouse. And on the evening before the reenactment, be sure to visit … Continue reading

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