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Battlefield spruce-up planned March 22

Associated Press

Vols invited to historic Va. site cleanup April 5

Associated Press

Results of Mo. Civil War sites study not released

By ROGER MCKINNEY - Associated Press

2 Mo. Civil War sites won’t be national parks

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 24, 2012, photo, Cathy Wright, curator at the Museum of the Confederacy in downtown Richmond, opens an original battle flag from the 3rd Virginia Infantry. The museum is opening a satellite museum Saturday in Appomattox, the first in a regional system of museums. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dean Hoffmeyer)

Lee’s sword at new Appomattox museum

By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER / THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Union artillery units fire their cannons toward the Confederates during Sunday's 150th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run at Pageland Farm in Gainesville, Va. It was the first major land battle between the North and South in the Civil War.

Cannons boom at Bull Run in Civil War re-enactment

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times