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County forms Civil War commission
One-hundred and fifty years ago, America was on the precipice of civil war.
Tensions would bubble over in 1861, leading to the bloodiest conflict in American history. And Butler County played no small part.
Local historians are already planning a four-year series of events starting in 2011 to commemorate the part Butler County played in the war.
Commissioners this week formed the Butler County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to organize events to commemorate the war.
This will include speakers at local schools, tours of local sites and the display of artifacts from 1861 - 1865.
“What we wanted to do was certainly recognize the significance of Butler County in the war,” said Craig Keller, a member of the newly appointed commission and department director of the Ohio Sons of the Civil War.
The Cosmopolitan and Gwyn and Campbell carbine rifles used in the war, for example, were manufactured in Hamilton at a plant that today is a parking lot for Ohio Casualty. And the Butler County fairgrounds served shortly as a Union encampment during the war.
Not to mention the thousands of residents who fought in the war, including hundreds who enlisted in the 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry under Gen. Ferdinand Van Derveer, a Middletown native who is buried in Hamilton.
“We’ve got many, many Civil War veterans that are buried within Butler County,” Keller said. “We’ll have ceremonies, and we’ll bring it into the schools…and who knows, we’ll see where it goes.”
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