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The Smithsonian Associates is our nation's outstanding adult learning center for Civil War Studies with thought-provoking courses, seminars, lectures, and battlefield tours conducted by outstanding scholars and study tour leaders.

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Newton Knight was born in 1837 near the Leaf River in Jones County, Mississippi, a region romantically described in 1841 by the historian J.F.H. Claiborne as a "land of milk and honey."

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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Sun., March 28 or April 11, 8 a.m.

Join Civil War historian Ed Bearss as he explores the historic events following the Battle of the Wilderness. The tour includes the Bloody Angle and Harris Farm.

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Don't live near a Civil War site? You can still enjoy an on-line tour with narrative and photos. Sample our most popular tour, the John Wilkes Booth Escape Route, with Ed Bearss.

 

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