TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

By Mark Acres Visitors to Gettysburg quickly learn about the battlefield’s ghosts. Every tourist shop and book store carries a goodly and growing number of books and pamphlets about various hauntings on the hallowed ground. The ghost business became the principal profession of one former Gettysburg park ranger in the past decade, and more than […]

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Gettysburg, PA Your Special Correspondent I am in Gettysburg attending a reunion of my old Vietnam unit, Second Squadron, First US Cavalry. It’s been great except for the nearly constant rain, which has made battlefield touring difficult. I’ve occupied the extra time by touring the book store at the visitor’s center. I was overwhelmed by […]

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