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Civil War Pictures, Events

April 12th (one week from today) marks the beginning of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The Library of Congress is commemorating the event with a special exhibition: "The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection." The collection contains over 700 ambrotype and tintype photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers.

More on the collection.

Washington Post article.

For those who cannot make it to Washington, you can view the pictures here, or participate in one of the many Ohio sesquicentennial events, listed here.