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Civil War commission sends schools a history lesson
RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 2,000 DVDs explaining the causes, conflicts and consequences of the Civil War have been mailed to all public schools in Virginia.

Ready to mark Civil War's 150th
WINCHESTER, Va. - The Virginia Sesquicentennial, recognizing the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, formally began June 27 at Abram's Delight in Winchester.

Shenandoah Valley begins commemoration of American Civil War 150th Anniversary
WINCHESTER, Va. - The Shenandoah Valley once again turns its thoughts to the War in a series of living history events that correspond to an equivalent, 19th-century timeline. The commemoration officially began on June 27 in the yard of Abram's Delight Museum on South Pleasant Valley Avenue in Winchester, Va.

Civil War books donated to Robertson, Tech
BASSETT, Va. - James W. Gulick donated a set of nine books about the Civil War to James I. Robertson Jr., director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech.

Professor tells of Civil War innovations still in use
BASSETT, Va. - Many things we now take for granted date back to the Civil War era, said James I. Robertson Jr., director of Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, who spoke during a fundraiser for a Bassett Historical Center expansion project.

Patrick County historian to sign books
DANVILLE, Va. - Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry, who started the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust Inc. in 1990, will sign his three photography books on Patrick and Henry counties.

Civil War chaplains offer faith in the field
BUCHANAN, Va. - The Rev. Allen Farley and a group that includes noted historian and Virginia Tech professor James I. "Bud" Robertson Jr. are struggling to launch the National Civil War Chaplains Museum at Liberty University.

History professor to kick off Civil War events
DANVILLE, Va. - About 150 years after the first events that lead to the Civil War, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the city of Danville are ready with sesquicentennial commemoration events that will last until 2015, 150 years after the end of the war.

Money challenges face somber Civil War anniversary
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The upcoming 150th anniversary of the Civil War, unlike the commemorations of a half-century ago, will be marked with a broader, more reverent recounting of the bloody struggle that wrenched a nation.

Historians illuminate 1861 Virginia
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Edited by William C. Davis and James I. "Bud" Robertson Jr., this volume is the first of a projected five that will deal with each year of the Old Dominion's life as a Confederate state.

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