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July Issue of Civil War News

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Updated 07/06/2010

No Longer ‘Known But To God’ By Joe Kirby MARIETTA, Ga. — Marietta National Cemetery is the final resting place for 10,312 Union casualties of the Civil War, 3,048 of them buried as “unknowns.”

Wal-mart Suit Expands As 3 Parties Agree To Be Included As Defendants By Scott C. Boyd ORANGE, Va. – Retail giant Wal-mart, developer JDC Ventures LLC, and property owner 3 & 20 Limited Partnership have all agreed to be added as defendants in the lawsuit brought by preservationists to prevent a Wal-mart Supercenter from being built at the Wilderness battlefield in Orange County, according to two lawyers in the case.

Spotsylvania Event Highlights Battlefield Preservation By Scott C. Boyd SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE, Va. — A reenactment based on the Battle of Harris Farm marked Spotsylvania County’s inaugural event of the Civil War Sesquicentennial.

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Updated 07/06/2010