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Description: Civil War traces the war's crucial events with striking contemporary imagery, moving period photos, and poignant war accounts. Day-to-day listings feature factual briefs chronicling the war's major battles as well as birthdays of the war's key participants and human-interest vignettes. Notes: Each month focuses on a Civil War battle. There is a color photo of each battlefield as it appears today, a description of the battle, and a black-and-white photo taken during the war. What makes this calendar distinctive is the tremendous amount of information it offers to Civil War buffs. Days of the week list many battles and events affecting or affected by the war, as well as birthdays of major military and political figures. Pictured in the calendar this year are: JAN General James Longstreet Monument, Gettysburg Natl Military Park, PA FEB William T. Sherman Monument, The White House, Washington, DC MAR Richard Kirkland Monument, Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania Natl Park, VA APR PresidentialBox at Ford's Theatre, Ford's Theatre Natll Park, Wash DC MAY Ohio Monument, Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania Natl Park, VA JUN Hunt's U.S. Artillery, Malvern Hill, Richmond National Battlefields, VA JUL South Carolina Beach and Surf, Charleston, SC AUG U.S. Artillery, The Peach Orchard, Shiloh National Military Park, TN SEP Dunker Church, Antietam National Battlefield, MD OCT Spangler Farm, Gettysburg National Military Park, PA NOV O.O. Howard Monument, Gettysburg Natl Military Park, PA DEC Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Mount Hebron, Winchester, VA