Re-enacting garrison life at Fort Monroe

As many as 175 living historians -- donning Civil War uniforms, other period attire and stances -- will set up camp on Fort Monroe in Virginia this weekend to pay tribute to the garrison life on the former military post. The National Park Service is hosting the festival called “The Garrison Life at Fort Monroe: A Gathering of Steel for the Peninsula Campaign, 1862.” The event, in its fourth year, will be staged on the parade grounds near Quarters No. 1 and other areas within the 565-acre property. • Article

School in court over Civil War sword

A federal judge on Friday ordered a Williamsburg, Va., artifact collector to safekeep a valuable Civil War-era sword and scabbard that Brown University contends was stolen from its collections more than 30 years ago. • Article