It seems hard to believe that a half-century has already passed since we observed the Civil War Centennial, which was a central event of my youth in Virginia. But even Wisconsin, a state distant from the field of battle, seeks to honor and to remember the 91,000 of its citizens who served in the war.
Virginia, where so much of the military action took place, has launched an effort chaired by the speaker of the House of Delegates. States North and South have established sesquicentennial commissions, which are planning a wide range of observances. November 6 will mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s election December 20, the secession of South Carolina, the first Southern state to withdraw from the Union April 12, the firing on Fort Sumter July 21, the First Battle of Manassas, the first major engagement of the war. We are going to be hearing a great deal about the Civil War.
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