CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT--Re-enactors fire one of the four Napoleonic howitzer cannons on the Statehouse grounds, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 8, 1997. The annual Civil War-era encampment, which is sponsored by the Statehouse Education & Visitors Center, runs through Saturday night and is open and free to the public.

OLD MEETS NEW--Re-enactor Dennis Trimble uses a cell-phone to keep in touch with the real world during the annual Civil War Encampment, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 8, 1997. The event, sponsored by the Statehouse Education & Visitors Center, runs through Saturday night, is free, and open to the public.

YOUNG SOLDIERS--Eleven year-old Cameron Evans, left, and Patrick Flint, 10, take part in the Civil War Encampment, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 8, 1997.