Article: A society that's more than historical

Article: Civil War graffiti in Berkeley church called 'quite ...
Charleston Gazette;  May 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... walls of a former Berkeley County church, and suddenly ... soldiers from the Civil War. The more they ... hospitals during the Civil War," he said. Not ... although he noted that Civil War soldiers who occupied the Berkeley County Courthouse did leave ...

Article: The Belle Boyd House A visit to the Civil War spy's ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  December 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Wood of the Berkeley County Historical Society ... the national Civil War Discovery Trail ... efforts of the Berkeley County Historical Society ... s role in the Civil War, and the history ... Martinsburg and Berkeley County from American ...

Article: Investor could buy up forest land in Berkeley ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... fears that a whole swath of rural Berkeley County could be transformed into subdivisions ... Representatives have approached Berkeley County Supervisor Jim Rozier about developing ... reaching back to the end of the Civil War. Many are protective of their ...

Article: Plan for storage facility on Civil War battlefield ...
Charleston Gazette;  November 30, 2001 ;     520 words ... ... site of several Civil War battles. Members ... Committee and the Berkeley County Historic Landmarks ... president of the Berkeley County Historical Society ... desecration of a Civil War site," said ... facility to the Berkeley County Planning Commission ...

Article: Funds Sought to Save Civil War Spy's Home
The Washington Post;  August 6, 1992 ;     426 words ... ... her teens during the Civil War, this Martinsburg ... 1844-1900), the Berkeley County Historical Society ... a headquarters and Civil War museum. The structure ... Restoration Fund, Berkeley County Historical Society ...

Article: Civil War soldier reinterred
Charleston Gazette;  March 29, 2006 ;     356 words ... ... after he died, a man who spent his youth fighting in the Civil War will be buried next to his wife. Nimrod Wright was born ... when they were both 24, said Don C. Wood, chairman of the Berkeley County Landmarks Commission. They were married more than 30 years ...

Article: Porterfield never recovers after Philippi.(SATURDAY)(THE ...
The Washington Times;  June 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES At the beginning of the Civil War, George Alexander Porterfield was the type of man the Confederacy ... born Nov. 24, 1822, and grew up on the family farm in Berkeley County (now West Virginia). He was educated at home and doubtless ...