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Texas Civil War Museum

txfellertxfeller Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
Oddly, many don't even know this exists. Located in White Settlement just outside of Ft. Worth, it's an excellent museum. It's loaded with high grade documented artifacts, and they even own the coat that Grant wore when he accepted Lees surrender. And if the lady doesn't care for guns, uniforms, battle flags, etc don't worry. The owners wife has a penchant for collecting authentic period dresses and ladies stuff and it's an incredible display in it's own right.

If you are in the area or passing through, make it a point to visit it.
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,690 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Civil War Museum located in White Settlement, TX?

    Can't see anyone raising a fuss.[:)]
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • txfellertxfeller Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lol. You make a good (and witty) point. They originally had a White Settlement address, but I suppose to be more pc, they now have a Ft. Worth address. Yep, just head out 820 until you really aren't in Ft. Worth anymore, and there it is!
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,933 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks, never knew that etcisted, I used to live right off Camp Bowie in Ft. Worth, a stones throw from White Settlement.

    I'll go check it out at some point this summer.
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  • txfellertxfeller Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is another place that people don't seem to know about. The Texas Historical Museum at Hill College in Hillsboro, TX was originally known as the Confederate Research Center. If anyone wants info on their confederate ancestor, they can get it here.

    Just for grins, I pasted a part of a review of the center to give you an idea of how good this place is.

    "The highlight of the collection is a series of capsule histories for all 3,200 Confederate regiments, special units; and histories of all Confederate ships. The historical capsules include counties where companies mustered, alternate designations, higher commands, Civil War battles in which the unit participated, and a map of all locations where the unit served during the war. These Confederate unit histories are more complete and more useful than those found at the online Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (shown in RG 1, page 10), and make this library one of the top Civil War research centers in America."

    Also, if you have a confederate ancestor and know where he is buried, they would like to have that info.
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  • scrumpyjackscrumpyjack Member Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just visited there a couple of weeks ago while down seeing friends. Stockyards one day, Texas Civil War Museum the next. Ray Richey's collection is amazing!

    ETA: The price is right too. I think it cost us $15 for the 3 of us. The boy learned more about "The War" in one day than he has in school yet. At least he'll be able to knowledgeably engage and challenge his liberal teachers about it in a couple more years!
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  • scrumpyjackscrumpyjack Member Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dennisnielsen
    I bet places like this are on the list of erasure.


    Indeed.
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