Hollywood writer and producer Michael Frost Beckner plans to recapture Civil War history when his TV series comes to the valley this summer.A two-season, 10-hour mini-series about the Civil War slated for 2015 … Read Entire Article
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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: Read Entire Article
Civil War: The fight for Northside
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After an intense fight at the Battle of the Wilderness, Union General Ulysses S. Grant headed south toward Richmond in an attempt to wedge his army between Confederate lines. Read Entire Article
Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness
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Ever since I was a kid sitting in the backseat on trips to my grandparents’ house outside of Fredericksburg, I’ve had a fascination with the Battle of the Wilderness. Read Entire Article
Grant and Lee at Cold Harbor
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The key engagement of the Battle of Cold Harbor began 150 years ago this morning. Gen. U.S. Grant, commander of all Union armies, and having attached himself to Gen. George Meade’s Army of the Potomac, Read Entire Article
First Call Civil War Expo Joins First Saturday in Historic Downtown Frederick, Maryland on June 7
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At noon on June 7, 2014, the bugle’s First Call will sound, inviting all to the First Call Civil War Expo, offered in conjunction with the “I ART Downtown Frederick” First Saturday event. Read Entire Article
Civil War 150th: Richmond bread riots were biggest civil uprising in the Confederacy
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A “mere skeleton of an arm” reached from a calico sleeve, a wisp of a woman waiting with hundreds of others in Capitol Square Read Entire Article
Pamplin makes Memorial Day interactive
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Pamplin Historical Park had a day full of events for Memorial Day on Monday. From interactive history speeches to actual cannon fire, the park paid tribute to those soldiers from the Civil War. Read Entire Article