Norwich University opening 5th, and final, Civil War exhibit

NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's Norwich University is getting ready to open the fifth and final exhibition about the Civil War at the Northfield school's Sullivan Museum and History Center.

The exhibit focuses on the aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the rehabilitation and restoration of the South and efforts to unify the country.

The school is going to be holding a reception Jan. 23 to mark the opening of the exhibit "1865, Out of the Ashes: Assassination, Reconstruction, and Healing the Nation."

A centerpiece of the new exhibition is a rare firearm recently acquired by the museum, a Spencer repeating rifle that was possibly tested by President Lincoln himself.

The weapon has been in private hands. It will be on public view for the first time since the Civil War.