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Every article indexed from the pages of Civil War News — 2551 of them across113 issues, 2016 to 2026. Each one opens the full text on civilwarnews.com.
“Rosy was as Contrary as a Hog to Drive”
This letter by corporal Charles L. Fox of Terre Haute, Indiana, who served with the 8th Indiana Light Artillery, offers a vivid personal account of the Battle of…
“Let the Sutlers Know We Take in Washing”
Research on militarily significant roles of women in the Civil War reveals one role, that of washerwoman, that was deemed so important it was specified in U.S. Ar…
We Got Them Now!
On July 17, 1864, President Jefferson Davis relieved Gen. Joseph E. Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee. Throughout the war, Davis and Johnston held fu…
The Battle of Varnell Station, May 9, 1864
uring the late morning of May 9, 1864, Brigadier General Edward M. McCook led his First Division of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland, a two-brigade force of some 2…
The Abolition of Slavery in Missouri
efore the Civil War, 15 of the nation’s states were Mississippi north of St. Louis. In summary, Missouri “was slave states. Seven seceded between December a regio…
Spirit on Display at N-SSA 153rd Nationals
As the United States of America marks its 250th birthday in 2026, the North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) has its own “Spirit of ’76,” recognizing the 76th a…
Massachusetts Militia Prepares for War
Long before European settlement, Winter Island was home to the Naumkeag people. The island sits in Salem Harbor and is connected to Salem Neck in Salem, Massachus…
Hard Times At Corinth: A Louisiana Unit Suffers in a North Mississippi Town
When most people hear the name of Corinth, Mississippi in the context of the American Civil War, they think of the debacle in the attack on that city of October 3…
Civil War Book Reviews
Reconstruction in Louisiana Fractured Freedoms: Reconstructing Central Louisiana. By David T. Ballantyne. Maps, footnotes, bibliography, index. 309 pp., 2025. Lou…
Bermuda Hundred Campaign Sign Project
lue & Gray Education Society (“BGES”) is “dedicated to the objective study of the origins and impact of the American Civil War and related events.” This is our Mi…
Behind the Lines
Whenever I travel outside the United States, I am reminded of the impact and influence of our Civil War and its figures on other nations and cultures around the w…
A Man Could Have Got Almost Anything He Wanted: Soldier Pickups on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part II
Jedediah Hotchkiss, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s staff cartographer, recorded in his diary the discovery of the body of fellow staff officer and tentmate…
A Few Thoughts on Rations
The accomplishments of Confederate forces during the U.S. Civil War, especially the continued success of the Army of Northern Virginia, are particularly noteworth…
A Conversation with Mike Kent
How did you get involved in promoting Civil War & Gun Shows? I have been a lifelong firearm enthusiast and history buff. I learned to shoot my father’s .22 rifle…
Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
“Enemies in War butFriends inPeace” By Juanita Leisch Jensen
The Unfinished Fight
THE UNFINISHED FIGHT: GUM BLANKET
The Graphic War
The Graphic War Fannie Palmer, Artist The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artist’s…
Steve Davis: Requiescat in Pace
Iwho knew Steve will have many such memories of their own. Requiescat in pace.
Spared & Shared A Time For Memory and For Tears
This well-composed letter written before Petersburg in July 1864—just days before the Battle of the Crater— was composed by Robert Nelson Traver (1841–1904) who w…
Soldier Pickups Part I Old Abe
On June 10, 1990, the Lions Club and citizens of Jim Falls, Wisconsin, held a dedication ceremony for the unveiling of a statue they had erected. The statue was o…
Ohio Civil War Show
Two hundred fifty years of American independence mark one of the most important milestones in our nation’s history, and that spirit was on full display at the Ric…
Houston CWRT Frank E. Vandiver Award
On July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of cartridges to each man and filling their stomachs. Captain Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, C.S. Gen. John Bell James E.…
General James Henry Lane
On the battle field near Spotsylvania C.H. May 14, 1864
D. Scott Hartwig Receives Houston Civil War Round Table’s 2025 “Frank E. Vandiver Award of Merit”
D. Scott Hartwig Receives Houston Civil War Round Table’s 2025 “Frank E. Vandiver Award of Merit” HOUSTON, TEXAS—Continuing a 42-year tradition, the Houston Civil…