[ September 29, 2012; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Join the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County as they host Larry Southwick, Cincinnati Civil War Round Table, who will discuss a vital infrastructure element of the Civil War: the railroad system.  Specifically, he will address the strahow to win back your ex>tegic importance of the Cincinnati railroad hub and provide insights into how [...]

[ September 22, 2012; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Join the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County as they host David Mowery of the Cincinnati Civil War Roundtable who will present “The John Hunt Morgan Trail.”  Mowery will talk about Morgan’s Raid and Mowery’s own effort to comprehensively mark the raid’s trail through Hamilton County.  The raid may have been closer to your [...]

Cincinnati’s Wesleyan Cemetery, chartered in 1843, is the oldest continually operating cemetery in Hamilton County. Now under the jurisdiciton of the City of Cincinnati, Wesleyan is a documented part of the Underground Railroad story and is the final resting place of veterans from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf Wars. Among the veterans buried at [...]

[ September 9, 2012; 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. ] On Sunday September 9, the Cincinnati Park Board will host the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Black Brigade of Cincinnati. The main ceremony is scheduled to take place at 5:30 at the Black Brigade Monument in Smale Riverfront Park, but the entire day will be filled with exciting events and activities that the [...]

[ May 5, 2012 to May 6, 2012. May 5, 2012 to May 6, 2012. May 5, 2012 to May 6, 2012. May 5, 2012 to May 6, 2012. May 5, 2012 to May 6, 2012. ] Experience the American Civil War from an all sensory perspective in Cincinnation Saturday May 5 and Sunday May 6, as the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal hosts Civil War Weekend. Hear the sound of cannon with the 5th Independent Battery Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. Learn about life as a soldier with the 35th OVI [...]