Civil War Sites Gear Up for 150th

As a girl who grew up in the midst of the Civil War Centennial, I was amazed and just a little chagrinned to realize that 2011 will mark the beginning of the 150th anniversary of that bloody war. A group called Journey Through Hallowed Ground has created a website with information about the major battlefields from Manassas to Gettysburg. Closer to home, the Drum Barracks Museum in Wilmington housed soldiers and military supplies during the Civil War era. A 360-page book, The Civil: A Visual History, will be released in April with photos from the Smithsonian and eyewitness accounts.