Diane Forcell scanned the headlines in her local newspaper and there, somewhere between the obituaries and the high-school track stats, was a story about how some previously unmarked Civil War graves now had proper headstones. Read Entire Article
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29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry raising funds to preserve battle flag
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The 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Living History Association is attempting to raise $14,600 to preserve the original Civil War battle flag of the 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Read Entire Article
Summit County troops fought catastrophic battle 150 years ago in Civil War
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Before the Civil War, most Akron men had never heard of Rocky Face Ridge or Dug Gap. They never expected to set foot in Georgia Read Entire Article
A tad more about Johnson’s Island Civil War prison
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Just imagine: A Union prison camp on Lake Erie that locked up 10,000-plus Confederate officers, “the cream of Southern society,” over three years of the American Civil War. Read Entire Article
Ohio students raise funds to repair Missionary Ridge Civil War monument’s drummer boy
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They’ve done it … almost. Twenty-five fifth-graders at Waggoner Middle School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, set out in late January to raise $5,000 Read Entire Article
Volunteers excavate Ohio Civil War island prison
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Civil War history hides under a grassy field tucked amid barren trees on Johnson Island, a patch of land in Sandusky Bay where captured Confederate prisoners were confined 150 years ago. Read Entire Article
Volunteers sought to reveal past of area’s Civil War site
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Civil War history hides under a grassy field tucked amid barren trees on Johnson Island, a patch of land in Sandusky Bay Read Entire Article
Books by Kent State University add to historical scholarship
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“Race and Recruitment” by John David Smith. “The Story of a Thousand” by Albion W. Tourgee. “They Have Left Us Here To Die” by Glenn Robins. Read Entire Article