Marking history: Civil War displays describe local conflicts

by JEFF LESTER • News Editor
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Wise County Administrator Shannon Scott, Civil War scholar Brian Wills, Virginia Civil War Trails Executive Director Mitch Bowman and UVa-Wise professor and Civil War scholar Brian McKnight look at an historical marker to be unveiled this weekend at the Wise courthouse. ARTHUR STURGILL PHOTO.


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