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TOP: Drum and bugle corp. instruments and music.
MIDDLE: Cavalry trooper weapons and equipment.
BOTTOM: Surgeon's amputation kit.
(Museum Collection)

The recent war…has so impoverished our people, and crippled our resources that I have refrained from urging upon your attention such measures…because of the inability of the people to meet the expenditures involved in their execution. - Fredericksburg Mayor, 1866

MEDIA ROOM

Online Articles

Church Relives History by Amy Flowers Umble
The Free Lance-Star (September 21, 2008)

Civil War Photography and The Civil War Life Museum by Greg Mertz
Drum & Bugle: (August 2008, Volume 5, Issue 8)

Museum Acquires Rare Civil War Flag
The Free Lance-Star (May 6, 2005)

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VA Sesquicentennial Events
Online calendar featuring special events commemorating the 150-year anniversary of the Civil War. Updated monthly.


Web Links

Civil War Life Soldier's Museum

Center for Civil War Photography

Civil War Preservation Trust

Virginia Sesquicentennial Committee

TravelHost of Central Virginia

Spotsylvania Battlefield Coalition

Friends of the Wilderness Battlefield

Fredericksburg Civil War Roundtable

Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table

National Park Service Battlefield Guide

More to come

 

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