An auction company which planned to sell a Civil War soldier’s skull Tuesday afternoon removed the item from its listing after the U.S. Park Service in Gettysburg called the sale a “spectacle.” Read Entire Article
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Hiking and learning on the Civil War battlefields
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About 150 years after the “Battle that Saved Washington,” journalist and Civil War buff Keith White leads a dozen friends on a tour of the farmland south of here Read Entire Article
Expansive Civil War Collection of James R. Weitzel for Auction in Towson, Md. on May 3
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Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Inc., one of the largest auction houses in the mid-Atlantic, is excited to present the expansive Civil War collection of James R. Weitzel on May 3, 2014.
Trees planted in honor of Civil War soldiers
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As part of the Town of Williamsport’s annual Arbor Day celebration, more than 100 community members gathered at Springfield Barn to help plant 120 trees. Read Entire Article
Paula Vogel’s ingenious ‘Civil War Christmas’ opens at Baltimore’s Center Stage
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Christmas Eve, 1864: Abraham Lincoln frets over the present he bought for his high-strung wife, while Mary Lincoln is in a tizzy over a tree. Not far away, John Wilkes Booth schemes to capture the president, a furious black Union…