A group that works to publicize and remember an infamous chapter in Elmira's history — a Civil War prison camp where thousands of Confederate soldiers died — is kicking off a fundraising campaign to ...

Kids can participate in Civil War camp life, learn to march with re-enactors and receive a diary to write down their experiences, just as President Rutherford B. Hayes did when he was in the war, ...

“They are all well-versed in some aspects or many aspects of the Civil War, and they want to capture daily camp life, but also the spectacle.” Comments: (319) 368-8827; [email protected] ...

So concluded Civil War Adventure Camp ("Live the life of a Civil War Soldier!"), an overnight immersion experience held at Pamplin Historical Park in this Virginia town 25 miles south of Richmond.

Jun. 4—Saturday afternoon, Taylor Bishop and Alex Baity were displaying Civil War-era equipment in the Pioneer Village at Yellow Creek Park. Baity, Taylor and several others were dressed in ...

"Emancipation and War: Life Inside the Civil War's Contraband Camps" was a panel of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, held at the Hilton-Americas Houston.

Life in Zaartari Refugee Camp, built to house those who have escaped from Syria's civil war, should inspire we who enjoy safe and prosperous lives in the West to help "the least of these." ...

civil war camps: Pamplin Historical Park & the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg; (877) PAMPLIN (726-7546) www.civilwaradventurecamp.org.

At the outset of the Civil War in April 1861, Pennsylvanians responded enthusiastically to President Lincoln’s call for 75,000 militia. Although the state was required to form just 14, three ...

Members of the Rochester-based Charles W. Canney Camp #5 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War set up camp in coordination with the New Durham Historic Society to give visitors a taste of ...

Kids can participate in Civil War camp life, learn to march with reenactors and receive a diary to write down their experiences, just as President Rutherford B. Hayes did when he was in the war ...