Civil War News Roundup - 08/27/2004

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Courtesy of the Civil War Preservation
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(1) Battles over Battlefields – Archaeology Magazine (abstract)

(2) Playing hardball at Chancellorsville

(3) Parties see hope in Mullins talks – Fredericksburg Free Lance Star

(4) NPS official visits Wilson’s Creek - Springfield News-Leader

(5) Preservationists raise $925,000 for Franklin – Nashville Tennessean

(6) Valley group boosts awareness of history – Richmond Times-Dispatch

(7) Coalition launches drive to buy golf course – Franklin Review-Appeal

(8) Dig at Civil War site will include citizens - Cincinnati Enquirer

(9) Coastal N.C. sites added to Civil War Trails – ENC Today

(10) Battle to be re-enacted in Saltville - Kingsport (TN) Times-News

(11) Mayor: City should buy battlefield Pizza Hut –Nashville Tennessean

(12) Civil War experts urge preservation, promotion - Carthage (MO) Press

(13) Saving shipwrecked blockade runner - Florida Times Union



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ABSTRACTS

Battles Over Battlefields: The fight to save Civil War sites from developers
by Steve Nash
September/October 2004
Archaeology Magazine

http://www.archaeology.org/0409/abst...tlefields.html


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EDITORIAL: Dropping a hint
The Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors plays a little hardball to save more of the Chancellorsville battlefield

08/27/2004
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2...272004/1480583
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Parties see hope in Mullins talks

No deadline has been set in negotiations to preserve part of historic Spotsylvania farm.

By GEORGE WHITEHURST
08/27/2004
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2...272004/1478187


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National park official visits battlefield for anniversary

08/26/2004
Springfield News-Leader

http://springfield.news-leader.com/n...pa-164722.html


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Hard-charging preservation effort raises $925,000

By PEGGY SHAW, Staff Writer
08/25/2004
Nashville Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/williamson...nt_ID=56325567



Where history's the big attraction; Valley group seeks to boost awareness of Civil War sites

BY CALVIN R. TRICE, TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
08/23/2004
Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet...=1045855934842

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Franklin’s Charge takes off: Coalition launches drive to buy golf course

By CLINT CONFEHR / Review Appeal Senior Staff Reporter
08/22/2004 Franklin Review Appeal

http://reviewappeal.midsouthnews.com/news.ez?viewStory=24598

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Dig at Civil War site will include citizens

By Cindy Schroeder, Enquirer staff writer
08/22/2004
Enquirer

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/200...loc2cpark.html


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Coastal N.C. sites added to Civil War Trails

Jannette Pippin
08/21/2004
Eastern North Carolina Today

http://www.enctoday.com/Details.cfm?...PNews&CatID=38


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Civil War battle to be re-enacted in Saltville this weekend

By BRIAN WILLS
08/20/2004
Kingsport(TN) Times-News

http://www.timesnews.net/archives/in...=BRIAN%20WILLS


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Mayor: City should buy maligned battlefield Pizza Hut
By MITCHELL KLINE, Staff Writer

08/17/2004
Nashville Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/williamson...nt_ID=56003067


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Civil War experts urge preservation, promotion

By Becca Smith of The Press Staff
08/16/2004
Carthage(MO) Press

http://www.carthagepress.com/article...news/news1.txt

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Expedition targets Georgia's only shipwrecked blockade runner

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer
08/14/2004
Times Union

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-onlin...84EOT304.shtml