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<br />NEWS RELEASE <br />April 4, 2017 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />Contact: Judy Woodward 651-724-6022 <br />Administrative Offices 4570 North Victoria Street Shoreview, Minnesota 55126 (651) 486-2200 FAX <br />(651) 486-2220 <br /> <br />Ramsey County Historical Society Presents: <br />Fort Snelling and the Civil War <br />Thursday, April 20 at 7 pm <br />Roseville Library <br />2180 Hamline Ave. N. <br />Please join us for a new series featuring the best of local history authors talking about a <br />wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. <br /> <br />On April 20, Stephen Osman discusses the role of Fort Snelling as a major military station <br />in Minnesota during the Civil War, and presents his new book, Fort Snelling and the Civil <br />War,to be released this spring by the Ramsey County Historical Society. Stephen will be <br />available for questions, and to sign books. <br /> <br /> One hundred fifty years ago our state offered the first volunteers to defend the union. <br />Every Minnesota soldier passed through historic Fort Snelling on his way to the front.The <br />venerable Fort eventually expanded to include several large Indian camps, massive stock <br />yards, huge warehouses, and secure barracks for draftees before reverting to a supply depot in <br />1865. <br /> <br />Stephen Osman retired as senior historian with the Minnesota Historical Society. He <br />managed Historic Fort Snelling for over three decades and actively researches, speaks and <br />writes about Minnesota’s role in the Civil War and the Dakota War. Osman served with the US <br />Army Reserve in Psychological Operations at Fort Snelling, and is on the boards of the <br />Minnesota Military Museum, the Friends of Fort Snelling and the scholarly journal <br />“Minnesota’s Heritage.” <br /> <br /> Presented by the Ramsey County Historical Society with additional support from <br />Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. No reservations needed. Free and open to all. <br /> <br /> <br />### <br /> <br />