Observations by a Son of the Occupied Confederate South

Monday, March 12, 2012

A Very Peculiar God

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Arkansas in the Civil War- One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago: Hospitals Pop Up Across the State

SCV to hold 27th Annual Cleburne Memorial at Helena

Saturday, March 10, 2012

ARKANSAS STORIES CYCLE FOCUSES ON CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCES

ARKANSAS STORIES CYCLE FOCUSES ON CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCES I saw these songs performed live. I plan to get the CD myself.

Arkansas in the Civil War One Hundred and Fifty years Ago: The Battle of Pea Ridge

The Civil War Trust: Help Save 244 Acres at Two Shenandoah Valley Battlefields

From The Civil War Trust:

Join us in our campaign to save 244 battlefield acres at Cross Keys and Tom's Brook. With your help we can save 10.6 million square feet of hallowed Shenandoah ground -- for less than 2 cents per square foot!

Jim Lighthizer,
Civil War Trust President

Save 83 Acres at Cross Keys

Here's our chance to save 83 acres of the Cross Keys Battlefield the very ground where Jackson's Confederates blunted the advance of Fremont's large Federal army. The hard-fought victory at Cross Keys gave Jackson the time and troops to achieve his crowning victory at Port Republic the next day.

Save 161 Acres at Tom's Brook

Help us save 161 acres of the Tom's Brook Battlefield the very ground where West Point friends and battlefield rivals, Tom Rosser and George Custer fought. Tom's Brook ended as the Union cavalry's most decisive victory of the Civil War.

CIVIL WAR TRUST
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Friday, March 9, 2012

Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Newsletter


Welcome to the e-newsletter of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Newsletters will be sent out periodically to keep readers up to date on recent activities of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, which is housed in the Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to a friend. For more information on the commission’s activities, or to subscribe to the e-newsletter, visit the ACWSC web site at www.arkansascivilwar150.com. To become a fan of the ACWSC on Facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Arkansas-Civil-War-Sesquicentennial-Commission/279474924191?ref=ts. IN THIS ISSUE: ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION AWARDS GRANTS FOR PROJECTS LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has awarded four grants totaling $7,089 for projects that will commemorate the war in the state, ACWSC Chairman Tom Dupree announced today. Recipients of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Grants were: · Job S. Neill Camp #286, Sons of Confederate Veterans, $1,314 for a Lunenburg skirmish re-enactment · Mississippi County Historical and Genealogical Society, $2,000 for a “Living Walk Through History” event · The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, $1,775 for a Pine Bluff Civil War history theatrical performance · Community Services Clearinghouse of Fort Smith, $2,000 for Civil War programming at Heritage Festival IV. The deadline to apply for the next round of ACWSC grants is May 18, 2012. Grant applications and guidelines can be downloaded athttp://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/historical-markers/grants.aspx, or can be requested by writing to ACWSC Grants, 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, sending an e-mail to acwsc@arkansasheritage.org, or calling (501) 324-9880. For more information on sesquicentennial plans, visit www.arkansascivilwar150.com or e-mail acwsc@arkansasheritage.org. The ACWSC is housed within the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.