While not exactly Virginia history, some VA-HIST subscribers may be interested in the one-week extension of the Library of Congress's "The Civil War in America" exhibition, which includes the Nicolay Copy of the Gettysburg Address. However, the exhibit also includes many items of relevance to Civil War Virginians and the war in Virginia!
 
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Michelle Krowl
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 “The Civil War in America” Exhibition at Library of Congress Closes Jan. 11  
 Last Chance to See Nicolay Copy of Gettysburg Address 
 
WHAT:
The Library of Congress exhibition “The Civil War in America,” originally scheduled to close Jan. 4, 2014, will stay open one week longer and close on Jan. 11, 2014.
 
The exhibition is the last chance to view the Nicolay copy of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. After Jan. 11, the document—presumed to be the copy Lincoln read when he dedicated the national cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield on Nov. 19, 1863—will return to the Library’s Conservation Division and, for preservation reasons, not be displayed for many years.
 
The exhibition, which opened in November 2012, commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.  It features more than 200 unique items that reveal the complexity of the Civil War by those who experienced it first-hand. Through diaries, letters, maps, song sheets, newspapers and broadsides, photographs, drawings and unusual artifacts, the exhibition chronicles the sacrifices and accomplishments of those—from both the North and South—whose lives were lost or affected by the events of 1861-1865.
 
WHEN:
From now through Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, “The Civil War in America” is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

 




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I would indeed like to see a copy of the parole paper your relative received in 
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