ACWSC adds regiments list, e-newsletter to website
7/9/2009
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JULY 8, 2009
FOR STATEWIDE RELEASE
ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION ADDS REGIMENTAL INFORMATION, E-NEWSLETTER TO WEBSITE
LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has added to its website a comprehensive list of Union and Confederate regiments that served in Arkansas and has initiated an e-newsletter, ACWSC Chairman Tom Dupree announced today.
The regimental list will be useful for researchers, genealogists and others who are interested in knowing where their ancestors served during the Civil War and can be found at http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/civil-war-sites/regiments/. The free e-newsletter will be used to keep subscribers up to date on commission activities and events around the state during the sesquicentennial, which will be observed from 2011 to 2015.
For more information on sesquicentennial plans, visit www.arkansascivilwar150.com or e-mail acwsc@arkansasheritage.org.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is housed within the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.
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