SEPT. 2-4 – Illinois – Jersey County Victorian Festival Col. William H. Fulkerson Historic Farm, Jerseyville. Where the South Meets the North. The 1866 Fulkerson Mansion is the only known Confederate officer’s home in Illinois and is furnished with antiques and artifacts of the period, with a special display of the colonel’s personal Civil War items. All authentic US/CS impressions, civilians, drummer boys and sutlers welcome. No registration fee. Sutler fee: $35. Please register by Aug. 15. Amenities include daily breakfast staples, a great dinner Sunday evening, straw, hay, water, musket and pistol caps. Bounty to first 12 artillery pieces (full and three-quarter scale) pre-registered. Experience living history as you walk the same grounds as Frank and Jesse James, Charles M. Russell and Col. Fulkerson while enjoying a stagecoach robbery by the James Gang, Civil War style show, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, great bluegrass music, antiques, working demonstrations and a reenactment of a “Duel of Honor.” Rare collections on display include Gen. Lafayette Baker’s Civil War artifacts, General/President Grant’s family threshing machine, Thomas Lincoln’s blacksmith anvil and other unique displays. A portion of the proceeds will go toward historic preservation. For more information, contact Fred Nolan, 25007 U.S. Highway 67, Jerseyville, Ill. 62052, phone (618) 498-5590, email [email protected] or Jim Cochran, 2530 South 7th Street, Springfield, Ill. 62703, phone (217) 522-4179 or visit www.greatriverroad.com