Civil War News Roundup - 06/24/2004

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You have seen a lot of these already if you are a Preservation folder reader on a regular basis.

Courtesy of the Civil War Preservation Trust-------------------------------------------------------
(1) Reenactment to benefit New Bern battlefield – New Bern Sun Journal
(2) Bill to expand Wilson’s Creek boundary- Harrison (AR) Daily Times
(3) Road plan threatens Little Blue River site – Kansas City Star
(4) Controversy brewing at Mary Chesnut home – The State (Columbia, SC)
(5) Deal Restores Manassas Parcel to 1862 Conditions – Washington Post
(6) Pamplin Park marks anniversary - Petersburg Progress-Index
(7) Prison at Andersonville made CW Headlines – Washington Post
(8) Battle of Chancellorsville, 2004 - WUSA-TV Channel 9 News
(9) Army seeks cannons lent to Franklin in 1908 – Nashville Tennessean
(10) Group wants to preserve Buckland – Manassas Journal Messenger
(11) Brandy St. group appeals decision – Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
(12) Ringgold Gap Battlefield land preserved - Catoosa County (GA) News


Civil War re-enacters to give taste of history
By Christine Neff, Sun Journal
06/24/2004
New Bern Sun Journal
http://www.newbernsj.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=16044&Section=Life

Wilson's Creek takes first step toward growth with federal bill
By Ronnie Wachter
06/21/2004
Harrison (AR) Daily Times
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11964007&BRD=1815&PAG=461&dept_id=59849&rfi=6

Road plans worry preservationists
By KARALEE MILLER
06/21/2004
Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/8973147.htm?1c

Sarsfield plan sets up ‘crisis’
By KRISTY EPPLEY RUPON, Staff Writer
06/21/2004
The State (Columbia, SC)http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/8973668.htm

Winning Back a Battlefield: Deal Restores Manassas Parcel to 1862 Conditions
By Eric M. Weiss,
Washington Post Staff Writer
06/18/2004
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50644-2004Jun17?language=printer

A decade to celebrate
By BEN BAGWELL, Staff Writer
06/18/2004
Petersburg (VA) Progress-Index
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12002873&BRD=2271&PAG=461&dept_id=462946&rfi=6

Civil War Prison Made Headlines
By Linda Wheeler, Washington Post Staff Writer
06/17/2004
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46921-2004Jun16.html

The Battle of Chancellorsville, 2004
By Stacey Cohan
06/16/2004
WUSA-TV Channel 9 News
http://www.9wusa.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=30424

Army seeking cannons lent to Franklin in 1908
By JAY HAMBURG, Staff Writer
06/16/2004
Nashville Tennessean
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/06/52924823.shtml?Element_ID=52924823

Group wants to preserve Buckland, supports a bypass
By MATT HOURIHAN
06/11/2004
Manassas Journal Messenger
http://www.manassasjm.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MJM%2FMGArticle%2FWPN_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031775991842&path=!frontpage&tacodalogin=no
Brandy Station Foundation appeals Culpeper decision to allow homes on tract beside battlefield
By DONNIE JOHNSTON
06/10/2004
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2004/062004/06102004/1393466

More Ringgold Gap Battlefield land preserved
Commissioners acquire 10 more acres using state Greenspace funds
By Randall Franks
06/01/04
Catoosa County (GA) News
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=724&show=localnews&NewsID=551383