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Bowers Mansion in Washoe County, Nevada opened its 2019 tour season with a Civil War reenactment on the opening Saturday morning. The Nevada Civil War Volunteers put on live demonstrations aimed at "sharing living history with the citizens of Nevada."

“The Nevada Civil War Volunteers is a group of historical reenactors dedicated to preserving and sharing American history. We will escort you back in time to get a glimpse of life during the Civil War,”

RENO, Nev. - A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle finally received recognition Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada. Nevada historians say they decided to hold a military funeral for Pvt. Scott Carnal of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry because it's unlikely he received any recognition after his death in 1917 in Dayton, about 40 miles south of Reno. Carnal was long forgotten until modern researc

Visitors driving through Dayton last Saturday might have seen blue or gray clad soldiers clomping through the fields on the Pradere Ranch south of the highway, but no, the Union and Confederacy haven't renewed hostilities. The Nevada Civil War Volunteers held their first exercise of the year, kicking off their season of demonstrations and reenactments with their 2015 Tactical March. The event brought most of the group's 45 members for their first training day of the year. The