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Civil War artifacts latest exhibit at York County Heritage Trust

By ERIN JAMES 505-5439 / @ydcity
Updated: 06/27/2013 11:14:44 AM EDT


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Nothing makes the Civil War real quite like a bullet hole in a pocket Bible.
The small book belonged to Jacob Crist, a York County man who carried it into the Battle of Shiloh. Had the Bible not deflected the bullet away from his heart, Crist almost surely would have been mortally wounded.
Now belonging to the York County Heritage Trust, the Bible is just one of hundreds of artifacts that will go on public display this weekend. The 150th anniversary Civil War exhibit is called the Fiery Trial.
The exhibit aims to connect York County to the big-picture story of war, said Dan Roe, the trust's director of education.

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