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Re: Civil War Collection?

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From: John Kennedy
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 22:34
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In article <2nejke$kdj@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> kurtz@wam.umd.edu (James T. Kurtz) writes:
>Hi there:
>	Since things are going rather slow here, I though I'll ask a question
>or two.  Does anyone know something about the Smithsonian's attempt to 
>put some of its Civil War archive (letters from soldiers, documents from 
>the era, etc...) on computer?  It's either the Smithsonian, the National
>Park Service, or some other organization that manages the Civil War battle
>sites.  I heard this sometimes last year.  They plan to have access terminals
>or something at the battle cites so visitors can get instant access to some of
>the thoughts that soldiers had as they wrote home.
>	Just wondering if this is actually the case or not.  Any information,
>confirmation would be appreciative.
>
>Thanks.
>AKA Kurtz.


I crossposted this to alt.war.civil.usa.  There might be some answers
there.

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John Kennedy                     johnk@secondsource.com 
Second Source, Inc.
Annapolis, MD
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