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Recruitment call: Civil War reenactment group Carlin’s Battery D looking for new members
The Civil War reenactment group that is regularly featured throughout the area at events and ceremonies shooting its cannon is looking for new members. Jim Miracle of Carlin’s Battery D, a ...
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General Assembly passes bill to end tax breaks for organizations that honor Confederacy
The Virginia General Assembly has passed a bill that would end some tax exemptions for organizations that honor the ...
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Buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Bushrod Birch was a Civil War veteran who was hailed as 'a true man in all the relations of his life'
Born in New York City in 1810, Bushrod Birch spent time on and off in Pittsfield before serving in the Civil War, and returned to Pittsfield shortly before his death ...
Va. National Guard helicopter makes emergency landing in Western Maryland
A Virginia National Guard Black Hawk helicopter made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon in a farm field near Cascade, Maryland. No injuries.
MORE TO THE STORY: Ex-Confederates fight last battle in Minnesota
The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...