and artifacts from both the Union and Confederate militaries. There are several areas in the museum that are given special attention including:
The role of the United States Christian Commission, which is the forerunner to today's USO and Red Cross.
"The relationship of religion to political and military leaders, common soldiers, and the public in the North and South."
==== Carter Glass Mansion ====
The Carter Glass Mansion, also called Montview, is a house built in 1923 for Carter Glass, a newspaper publisher, U.S. senator, U.S. treasury secretary under President Woodrow Wilson, and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and President Pro Tempore of the Senate during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 1+1⁄2-story house, which is flanked by slightly smaller ells, has 18-inch (46 cm) walls of quartz fieldstone quarried from the property and a grey gambrel roof. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia Landmarks Register.
The 1.7-acre (0.69 ha) estate was purchased …
