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We arrived 20 minutes before the once-a-day battle that progressed from gunfire in an open field into the quaint town center, where the "dead" were strewn and the "wounded" were carried into the field hospital. An undertaker was in business embalming victims, and doctors and nurses attended to the injured. After the intensity of the battle, we enjoyed a more relaxed atmosphere at the town church where a fashion show was held. We walked the village streets, browsed the shops, and enjoyed some treats, glad that our war experience had been only pretend. |
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more, we found ourselves in a serendipitous situation as we picked
a random Saturday to visit Ohio Village with our cousins from
Westerville. It was Civil War reenactment weekend! Perfect timing
for our studies.|
Thousands of men and boys signed up to serve during the Civil War, many of them signing over their lives in the process. |
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The hundreds of volunteer soldiers, most of whom have spent years studying
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"The Confederate Army pushed the Union troops from a ditch
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"After the battle there were a lot of wounded and dead soldiers.
The wounded soldiers were taken to the hospital where surgeons fixed
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What the ladies were doing
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"Addison and I went to a store with merchandise that might have been sold in the 1800s. There were popguns, handbooks, medicines, tin cups, musket cartridges and other odds and ends. I liked looking at the items that they had. I also found out that the popguns didn't work very well."--Harrison |
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