Coming Home, 1865 DVD by Jack Gieck 2007, 37 minutes DVD, $13.95 courtesy of our partner, Atlas Books Call (419) 281-1802 to order by phone.

A 37-minute DVD that tells the story of a young Col. George Perkins returning home to Akron after the Civil War. Using vintage photographs and images of re-enactors, it portrays the effect of the war on Perkins and the social and political changes that occurred nationally and on the homefront.

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