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WASHINGTON – Dr. Adalbert Volck lead a most interesting life. A trained dentist, Volck plied his profession in Baltimore during the mid-19th century. But the good dentist also had some intriguing sidelines. As a Southern loyalist during the Civil War, he operated a safe house for rebel soldiers and agents, smuggled medical supplies to...
Ivan Frantz Jr. filled out an application in December to apply for an official government headstone for an unknown Confederate soldier buried in Hellam Township. In the spot for the name, Frantz wrote “Unknown Confederate Soldier.” He put down “unknown” for the date of birth and June 1863 for the date of death. Frantz...
City officials are set to decide what has become a contentious fight over whether a funeral home should be allowed on the site of a Civil War battlefield. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/JxX0SU) that the Jonesboro City Council is scheduled to take up the matter at a Monday night meeting. At issue is an...
The Civil War comes alive at Gibson Ranch this weekend. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour civilian, Union and Confederate camps, witness battle re-enactments, and enjoy period music, food and crafts. You can also hear historic speeches and chat with living history enactors. Plus there will be a horseman demonstration, cannon firings, fashion show, May Day celebration...
- In a somber, reflective ceremony, dozens of descendants of Southern troops gathered on the Battery in Charleston to mark Confederate Memorial Day in the state where the Civil War began. With Fort Sumter in the distance, a wreath was laid Thursday in memory of the Southern defenders of Charleston. About three dozen people...
A century and a half after these men fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, another group of men remembered them Saturday when the Sons of Confederate Veterans held a memorial on the UNC campus. The short service, with three uniformed soldiers and a lone trumpeter, drew 10 people to the Confederate War...
150 years ago, part of history was written right in our own backyard. “When you think of the Civil War, you think of Virginia and South Carolina, you don’t think of Elmira, NY. But it had a big impact on this community and that state,” said Bob Roe of the Chemung Valley Living History...
The Scotch Plains Public Library will continue its Civil War Sesquicentennial series on Monday, May 21 at 7 p.m., with a talk by Steven D. Glazer. This free program is based on his most recent book, “Discover Your Community’s Civil War Heritage,” an official research manual published by the N.J. Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee....
Five of Georgia’s Confederate Generals are buried atAtlanta’s Oakland Cemetery. Three Generals can be found resting in the Confederate Generals section….. John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) was a native of Upson County and Major General, Confederate States Army. It has been said that General Gordon was one of General Lee’s most trusted and outstanding officers. ...
A father’s grief, a sister’s sorrow and recognition of a soldier who died for his cause were highlighted by Civil War re-enactors Saturday in Orange Springs. A ceremony to dedicate a recently placed Veteran’s Administration headstone, replacing a small grave marker for Confederate States of America Sgt. Charles Dickison, was held at the cemetery...
