From staff reports
Perry Township Historical Society has decided it will host its scheduled “Civil War Experience” event this summer.
The society is proud of the public events it has held in the past and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever.
Important figures of the Civil War era will be portrayed by local people including Clara Barton, Louisa May Alcott, a West Freedom seamstress, a West Monterey abolitionist and Abraham Lincoln.
Lewis Bassinger will explain surgery on the battlefield and give presentations with his collection of surgical equipment of the era, and Company C Second U.S. Sharpshooters will be represented at this event.
Fun and educational, this experience will also feature history of approximately 150 men, who served in the war from Perry Township.
Collectors of Civil War artifacts who would like to have a display at the event should call Sally Reed at (814) 782-3918 as soon as possible.