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Updated 09/23/2010

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lawtonU.S. Prisoner Artifacts Found At Georgia Site; Camp Lawton Explored
By Scott C. Boyd
MILLEN, Ga. – The site of Camp Lawton, a Union soldier prisoner-of-war camp near Millen, is “pristine,” according to East Georgia College Professor Emeritus of History Dr. John K. Derden.

airliewoodGrant’s Holly Springs Headquarters Will Be Sold At Auction On Oct. 9
By Kathryn Jorgensen
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. — On Oct. 9 an auction bidder could become the owner of Airliewood, the restored Gothic Revival mansion where Gen. U.S. Grant made his headquarters and had Christmas dinner with his officers and family in 1862.

County Proposes Project On Portion Of Franklin, Tenn. Battleground Land
By Gregory L. Wade
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — For over 100 years Franklin’s Battle Ground Academy (BGA) occupied ground just south of the famous Carter House, an area known for especially bloody and intense fighting during the Nov. 30, 1864, Battle of Franklin. 


Info Sought About Cooper’s Battery Monument At Gettysburg
By Kathryn Jorgensen
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Descendants and members of today’s Cooper’s Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, seek the public’s help in learning the inscriptions on the unit’s 1880 capstone monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.

 

Missouri Civil War Museum To Open Jefferson Barracks Building In April
ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Civil War Museum was awarded a $500,000 grant to complete restoration of the Jefferson Barracks Post Exchange Building.

 

Historic Franklin, Tenn. Courthouse Reopens
By Gregory L. Wade
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — The Williamson County Courthouse, built in 1858 and very much a part of Franklin’s Civil War history, began reopening in September after a two-year $6.2 million renovation. 

 

Updated 09/23/2010