[ May 15, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Join area Civil War reenactors from several different units as they conduct annual spring drills on the grounds of President Garfield’s home. Marching, loading and firing muskets, and other common tasks of Civil War soldiers will be demonstrated.

Free of charge (though anyone 16 and over wishing to tour the Garfield home or exhibits is subject [...]

[ April 17, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Join area Civil War reenactors from Company A of the 5th Texas Infantry (C.S.A.) as they conduct annual spring drills on the grounds of President Garfield’s home. Marching, loading and firing muskets, and other common tasks of Civil War soldiers will be demonstrated.

Free of charge (though anyone 16 and over wishing to tour the Garfield [...]

[ January 21, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Cincinnati Civil War Round Table member Gary Johnson will speak to the organization for the second time at its January meeting. As a follow-up to his unforgettable March 2008 presentation on the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley, Gary’s interest in Civil War naval history continues with a presentation about the Union’s Monitor class ironclads. Two interests [...]

[ October 4, 2009; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] A group of Lancaster-area Civil War enthusiasts has launched a “Save the Cannon” campaign to raise funds for restoration of the town’s Civil War cannon.   According to Alice Stevens, the officer in charge of the initiative, the cannon was at the Battle of Shiloh with the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was mainly made up [...]

Ohio’s Adjutant General MG Gregory Wayt and the Ohio Army National Guard Historian SSG Joshua Mann were at the Ohio Historical Society’s collections storage facility to view the state’s Civil War collections, among others, on September 2, 2009. Among the items the Guardsmen saw were the state’s Civil War battle flags, uniforms, guns, [...]