Archive for August, 2010

Dayton: “On the Campaign Trail with Lincoln”

By Kristina, posted on August 31st, 2010.

[ August 17, 2010; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. August 31, 2010; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] The Lincoln Society of Dayton will be presenting “On the Campaign Trail with Lincoln” to celebrate the nomination, campaign and election of Lincoln 150 years ago. The evening program will be facilitated by Leon Bey and other Society members will join him to present and discuss important events leading up to [...]

Centerburg: CW Firearm Competition

By Kristina, posted on August 31st, 2010.

[ September 18, 2010; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. September 19, 2010; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] A shooting competition using firearms of the Civil War era.

YouTube Video of CW Firearm Competition

Sponsor: 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry – North South Skirmish Association

Location: Centerburg Conservation Club, Centerburg Ohio

Event website: http://www.midwest-skirmisher.org/

Upcoming Events: September

By Kristina, posted on August 31st, 2010.

September 10-12
Ft. Recovery: “Civil War at the Fort”
Join us at the first annual “Civil War at the Fort” at the Ambassador Park in Fort Recovery, Ohio! There will be living history and reenactments that have skirmishing and battles on all three days with Friday a school day. Live artillery [...]

Cleveland: “Letters from the Front”

By Kristina, posted on August 31st, 2010.

[ December 8, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] First-person portrayals of General James A. Garfield and his wife Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, by Ed Haney and Debbie Weinkamer, for the program “Letters from the Front.” This performance features the Civil War correspondence between the Garfields: from the war front in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, and on the home front in [...]

Rare Civil War Panorama On Display at OHS

By Kristina, posted on August 23rd, 2010.

William J. Knight: Train Engineer, Soldier, Storyteller
William J. Knight served in the Civil War as a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E. Before the war he was an engineer for the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. In April 1862 Knight was one of two dozen soldiers, almost all from Ohio, who [...]