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Bugle Briefs
They speak in manner of ‘Old South’
One of the most prominent cultural features among Brazil’s Confederados is the manner in which they’ve maintained their identity through speech. In the lead story in this issue about the Southerners who fled America following the Civil War, it is noted their style of English is perfect to that of the Old South.
Most of the fifth generation offspring of those who initially arrived in Brazil have never visited the United States, but it would not be evident by the way they speak. When Jimmy Carter, then governor of Georgia, visited the village near Americana in 1972, he said, “The most remarkable thing was, when they spoke they sounded just like people in South Georgia.”
Kentucky getting funds for Civil War battlefields
Kentucky is among seven states that will receive a portion of $3.1 million in grants to help preserve Civil War battlefields.
The National Park Service said the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants will preserve more than 270 acres of battlefields that are threatened with damage or destruction by development.
In Kentucky, Mill Springs Battlefield will receive $85,919, Perryville Battlefield gets $77,510 and Richmond Battlefield $35,340.
The other states to receive grant funds are Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
The grants are administered by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
Grant obtained for restoration at Frankfort cemetery
Frankfort City Arborist Lorri Grueber and volunteers from Kentucky State University are stepping up to help restore and correct wear and tear on tombstones and monuments at the city’s Greenhill Cemetery. The project is being funded by a $2,500 Walmart Foundation Community Grant.
The cemetery contains the bodies of more than 140 black soldiers who died during the Civil War.
Civil War ‘Forever’
The Galena, Ill., Post Office is issuing these Forever stamps in honor of the Civil War. The stamps depict scenes
from the Battle of Five Forks and the Appomattox Court House from the “Peace in Union” painting by Thomas Nast.
Civil War Forever Stamps dedicated at Galena
The Galena (Ill.) Post Office dedicated the new Civil War 1865 Forever Stamps April 17 at the Galena & U.S. Grant Museum. In addition, officials dedicated a special pictorial postmark designed by the museum.
The new Civil War 1865 Forever Stamps depict scenes from the Battle of Five Forks and the Appomattox Court House, designed after the “Peace in Union” painting by Thomas Nast, that currently hangs inside the museum. In addition, a special pictorial postmark designed by the museum can be used to cancel cards and letters at the Galena Post Office.
Perryville again wins Main Street accreditation
For the second year in a row, Main Street Perryville has been designated as an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Each year, the National Main Street Center and its partners announce the list of accredited Main Street programs in recognition of their exemplary commitment to historic preservation and community revitalization through the Main Street Four Point Approach.
The organization’s performance is annually evaluated by the Kentucky Main Street, which works in partnership with the National Main Street Center to identify the local programs that meet 10 performance standards. These standards set the benchmarks for measuring an individual Main Street program’s application of the Main Street Four Point Approach to commercial district revitalization.
Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as fostering strong public-private partnerships, securing an operating budget, tracking programmatic progress and actively preserving historic buildings.
Davis Birthday Commemoration observed June 5-7
The Jefferson Davis State Historic Site marked the 207th Birthday Commemoration of Jefferson Davis, first and only president of the Confederate States of America, June 5-7.
Two battle re-enactments, a pageant, a Civil War flag display, speaker Teresa Roane of Richmond, Va., and book signings were featured at the two-day event.
The Davis State Historic Site is a memorial to the Kentuckian born on this site on June 3, 1808. Davis was a U.S. congressman, senator, and secretary of war and was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy.
Nearly 400 hear Lincoln at Richmond Living History
Students sat at the feet of Abraham Lincoln portrayer Larry Elliott as he delivered the Civil War president’s second inaugural address from the porch of a historic home atop a hill at Richmond Battlefield Park April 30.
Nearly 400 students from Madison and surrounding counties visited the park for the 14th annual Living History Days to experience life as it was during the Civil War.
Students experienced firsthand the life of young people during the period. They played games of cricket and had a chance to see young people items popular 150 years ago.
Flag displays, cavalry, artillery and military marches and drills also were exhibited as a window into war history.
Students heard first-person accounts from re-enactors portraying a sharpshooter, a blacksmith, generals and colonels of the war.
Unexploded Civil War shell found in Washington State
Even in Washington State, Civil War artillery shells are being unearthed.
Early this spring, a construction crew in Ilwaco, Wash., uncovered a shell that dated back to the 1860s. It was removed to a quarry and blown up, but the question remained. What was a Civil War projectile doing in the Northwest?
Most likely, it was a leftover from troops stationed at Fort Canby, Wash., one of two bases the Union built during the Civil War to defend the mouth of the Columbia River from a possible – but highly unlikely – surprise attack by the Confederacy.
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