Originally Posted by RoyBoy:
This is off topic, regarding the Civil War centennial: It seems to me there was much anticipatory celebration in around 1958 or 1959 but by 1964-65, the Civil War was forgotten. To me, this is a curiosity. I suppose there had been too much going on to re-live the Civil War.
You don't need to ask anywhere else. They are absolutely, definitely Marx.
As the civil war centennial approached around 1958-59, all of the train makers made civil war style train sets. Lionel made the General, American Flyer made the Frontiersman, and Marx made the William Crooks.