Cyclorama, the historic Civil-War-themed panorama painting located in Grant Park, could be on the move, or even sold, in the near future.
Museums
Marietta Museum of History’s Civil War Displays
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Our nation is remembering the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. Organizations, small groups of individuals and museums all over the country are bringing our remembrance to those tragic days in our history.
Bio
Today’s Bio - Randolph Barnes Marcy
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Marcy was born 9 April 1812 in Greenwich, Massachusetts. He entered West Point on 1 July 1828 and graduated 29th in the class of 1832.
This Day
This Day in the War - June 10
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Monday June 10 1861
BUTLER BUNGLES BIG BETHEL BADLY
Seven Federal regiments-about 2500 soldiers-marched away from Fort Monroe near Washington D.C. today. Their mission: attack the Confederate units near Big Bethel Church.
150th
Grant launches bloody campaign to end Civil War
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In May 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant launched the campaign that would eventually end the Civil War. The bigger, better-supplied Army of the Potomac had a revised mission:
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150th, Reenactment
Spotsylvania says Civil War event ‘positive’
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The sesquicentennial re-enactment of the Civil War battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House last month fared better than one marking the Battle of Chancellorsville last year.
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Bio
Today’s Bio - William Henry Carroll
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Carroll was born in 1810 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of William Carroll, a general during the War of 1812 and the governor of Tennessee from 1821 until 1827 and again from 1829 until 1835.