Hagerstown monument to honor black Civil War vets (WTOP)

The city of Hagerstown says it will erect a monument to black Civil War veterans 90 years after white veterans of the war were similarly honored.

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N.C. teacher helps fifth-graders make history (CBS Evening News)

In most schools, getting kids to care about Civil War history is a losing battle, but at London Elementary in Walnut Cove, N.C., they're winning the war - by reliving it.

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Building may be removed from Cravens House site (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Historic preservation is the thrust of the plan. The idea is to have the battlefields look as they did during the Civil War.

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Civil War battle site in Oklahoma named national historic landmark (The Oklahoman)

WASHINGTON — A Civil War battle site in Oklahoma, where Indians fought on the sides of the Union and Confederacy, has been designated a national historic landmark, the U.S. Interior Department announced Monday.

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Civil War sailors laid to rest 150 years later (CNN)

Washington (CNN) -- The remains of two men found in the wreckage of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor 11 years ago are being laid to rest Friday in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia after an extensive but unsuccessful quest to discover the sailors' identities.

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Housing developers eye Civil War battlefields (MSN Money)

Celebration of the conflict’s 150th anniversary is drawing attention to a disappearing part of the nation's history.

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Virginia’s Civil War programs praised (The Free-Lance Star)

Sesquicentennial boosts interest in, visitation to Virginia historic sites, brings economic benefits to localities across state, report says

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Civil War foot traffic benefits local businesses (Frederick News-Post)

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