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35-Acre Tract Is Added At Kennesaw Battlefield
By Joe Kirby
MARIETTA, GA. — Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is now 35 acres larger, thanks to the generosity of U.S. taxpayers, the hard work of local elected and Park Service officials, and, most crucially, the big-hearted vision of the Sam Hensley family.

Wilson’s Creek Celebrates Additional Land, New Film
By Deborah Fitts
REPUBLIC, Mo. — Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield will soon see the addition of 42 acres to its holdings, thanks to the support of a friends group and a $450,000 federal appropriation.

Philadelphia Museum To Close, Prepare For 2010 Move
By Deborah Fitts
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A Civil War museum that touts itself as the oldest in the country will close its doors this summer and is not expected to reopen at a new location for two years.

144th New Market Event Is May 16-18 At The Battlefield
NEW MARKET, Va. – Some 2,000 Civil War reenactors are expected for the 144th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of New Market, May 16-18 at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park.

Campaigners To March For Preservation In November
Hardcore campaigners will march through Virginia on Nov. 1 and 2 to raise funds for endangered battlefields.

Chancellorsville 145th Plans Include NPS Programs, Battle
Two May weekends of National Park Service special programs and a Loudoun County reenactment over Labor Day weekend will commemorate the Battle of Chancellorsville 145th anniversary.

Ranger Grandkids Sought For Reunion
By Deborah Fitts
ATOKA, Va. — In a first-ever event of its kind in modern times, a nonprofit organization named for Confederate partisan fighter John S. Mosby will hold a reunion for grandsons and granddaughters of Mosby’s rangers in June.

It’s Lights Off For The Electric Map
By Deborah Fitts
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Its little lights have helped to explain the battle of Gettysburg to generations of visitors, but the Electric Map is now a thing of the past.

Police Seek Info About Uniform Coat
By Kathryn Jorgensen
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The Plattsburgh Police Department asks readers’ help in locating a 16th New York Volunteers officer’s uniform coat that was sold online last summer. It was stolen from the Clinton County Historical Association in Plattsburgh.

Funds Sought To Replace Nagle sword
SHARPSBURG, Md. — A fundraising effort is under way to raise $6,800 to replace the bronze sword missing from the statue of Gen. James Nagle on the 48th Pennsylvania Monument at Antietam National Battlefield.

CWPT To Buy Another Brandy Tract
By Deborah Fitts
BRANDY STATION, Va. — For the second time in three months the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) has purchased a sizable piece of ground on Fleetwood Hill, arguably the scene of most significant cavalry action of the Civil War.