When Dan Lynch’s wifewas a principal at St. Rose Grammar School in Belmar, she would bring her husband inwhen the time came to teach students aboutthe Civil War. He was always glad to offerhis insights into the conflict that pitted the North versus the South from 1861 to 1865.

“It doesn’t seem that the Civil War is taught much anymore,” he said. “I run into people who can’t even tell me who fought in it.”