Point Pleasant: Ulysses S. Grant Birthday Celebration

By arohmiller, posted on February 28th, 2013.

[ April 27, 2013; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_9280" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gen. Ulysses S. Grant[/caption]

Come join a celebration of the birth of Civil War general and President Ulysses S. Grant at his birthplace along the scenic Ohio River.  The event features living history presentations, tours of the U.S. Grant Birthplace cottage, food, and period music.  Lester Horwitz, author of  The Longest Raid [...]

Lebanon: Exhibit, “War on the River: Civil War Sailors of Warren County, Ohio”

By arohmiller, posted on December 10th, 2012.

[ October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. ] [caption id="attachment_9175" align="alignleft" width="300"] A case in the exhibit, “War on the River: Civil War Sailors of Warren County, Ohio.”[/caption]

The Warren County Records Center & Archives presents their exhibit, “War on the River: Civil War Sailors of Warren County, Ohio.”  This exhibit calls attention to Ohio’s involvement in the Union Navy during the Civil War, [...]

Harrison: Dedication of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail

By arohmiller, posted on November 15th, 2012.

[ July 13, 2013; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Join the City of Harrison and The Harrison Village Historical Society as they commemorate the 150th anniversary of John Hunt Morgan’s raid through Ohio.
Preliminary Schedule of Events
Events to take place at the Presbyterian Church in Harrison

10:30 a.m. – 10: 35 a.m.  – Welcome and introductions of dignitaries present
10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.  – Lecture on [...]

Cincinnati: “Tri-State Germans in the Civil War”

By arohmiller, posted on October 11th, 2012.

[ November 17, 2012; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] In honor of Veterans Day and to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, author and historian Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann will discuss the important role German Americans, known as Dutch Devils, played in this pivotal conflict.

Details: Free and open to the public

Sponsor: The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton [...]

Cincinnati: Lecture, “The Black Brigade of Cincinnati”

By arohmiller, posted on September 21st, 2012.

[ October 20, 2012; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Join the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County as Albert Hallenberg, Reference Librarian and Cincinnati Civil War Round Table, will talk about this courageous African American labor brigade, who endured racial prejudice and other hardshviagra for saleips in helping construct the massive defense works in Northern Kentucky that thwarted a Confederate invasion of [...]