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Civil War wreaths

A blue ribbon Christmas wreath adorns Crown Point Col. John Wheeler's gravestone Saturday afternoon in Historic Maplewood Cemetery. Wheeler, who commanded the 20th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War, died at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Civil War wreaths

Christmas wreaths line the Civil War memorial walkway Saturday at Historic Maplewood Cemetery in Crown Point. The walkway has been constructed over the past two years in honor of the war's 150th anniversary.

Civil War wreaths

Candace Ziese, of Crown Point, places a Christmas wreath at the grave of Civil War Sgt. William Foster, who died of typhoid fever in early 1863. Foster and several other Civil War veterans at Crown Point's Historic Maplewood Cemetery and Merrillville Cemetery were honored Saturday with wreat…