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Confederate Centennial Studies
Confederate Centennial Studies Preparing for the Civil War centennial, Dr. William Stanley Hoole, a distinguished historian, and educator, accepted the position a…
Clifton, Headquarters With A View for Both Sides in 1864
Clifton, Headquarters With A View for Both Sides in 1864 By Carl L. Sell Jr Situated on a knoll in the northern part of the Shenandoah Valley, the Clifton estate…
Clendennin’s Raid: Forgotten Foray Between Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
Clendennin’s Raid: Forgotten Foray Between Chancellorsville and Gettysburg By Tim Talbott When one thinks of army operations that happened between the Battles of…
Captured at Fairfield and Imprisoned at Belle Isle
By Gordon W. Gribble Harry Whitlock Lewis was born in Harbor Creek, Penn., on August 30, 1840. He grew up in nearby Fairview on Lake Erie. He first enlisted on Ma…
Book Reviews — October 2023
Attempts to Redress Weaknesses in Modern Scholarship More Than Just Grit: Civil War Leadership, Logistics, and Teamwork in the West, 1862, by Richard J. Zimmerman…
American Battlefield Trust
With its latest fundraising campaign, the Trust has set its sights on 29 acres of hallowed ground at Gettysburg and Deep Bottom. At Gettysburg, the possibility of…
A Union General Turned Hangman
By Joseph F. Wilson Despite the Civil War being over nearly ten years, the retired general rose early and put on his perfectly pressed dress uniform adorned with…
45th Annual Southeastern Civil War & Antique Gun Show News
45th Annual Southeastern By Jim Hammonds and Ed Travis The North Georgia Relic Hunters Association held its 45th Annual Southeastern Civil War and Antique Gun Sho…
We Are As Good As Ten Thousand Battle of South Mountain – Part I
We Are As Good As Ten Thousand Battle of South Mountain – Part I “Here is a paper with which, if I cannot whip Bobby Lee, I will be willing to go home.” – U.S. Ge…
Vicksburg 160th Celebrations to Observe the Union Victory were Memorable
Vicksburg 160th Celebrations to Observe the Union Victory were Memorable By Professor Earnest Veritas Special Correspondent to – Western Theater – The 160th anniv…
The War Before the War, Part 3: Captain Lee
The War Before the War, Part 3: Captain Lee Robert E. Lee’s record in the Mexican War is probably better known than the records of other officers who were to win…
The Mule Shoe Struggle
By Jeffry D. Wert The Union assault on the Confederate position known as the Mule Shoe near Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, on May 12, 1864, began a hellish o…
The Graphic War — September 2023
The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artist’s goals. Every century since the Middle…
Raphael Semmes’ Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States (1869)
One of the pleasures of—and reasons for—reading the memoirs of participants in important events is to get at their recollections, ongoing thoughts and ruminative…
Private Orrin Cook, 22nd Massachusetts Company B
Private Orrin Cook, 22nd Massachusetts Company B “Some of our boys got Austrian rifles, some Enfield, and others Springfield. I got the Enfield, and Bob got the f…
Partnerships provide visitors to Civil War Trail sites with significant upgrades
Partnerships provide visitors to Civil War Trail sites with significant upgrades Two of Strasburg’s Civil War Trails sites received significant upgrades late last…
Events — September 2023
action’ and buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery will follow. sponsored by: The Legion Post 405; MOLLUS; General Meade Society. For information; 215-228-8200, awaski01@…
Emerging Civil War — September 2023
From the Editor: The road from Appomattox first let me past a small roadside site labeled “Robert E. Lee Wayside.” Here, following his surrender to Ulysses S. Gra…
Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co.
Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. Civil War researchers have become familiar with famed wartime photographer Mathew Brady, but the names Edward and Henry T. Antho…
Col. Abraham Charles Myers, CSA and the Quartermaster Service of the Confederacy
Col. Abraham Charles Myers, CSA and the Quartermaster Service of the Confederacy by Lloyd W Klein Abraham C Myers was the first quartermaster general of the Confe…
Brig. Gen. William H. Morris: A Forgotten Casualty of Spotsylvania
Brig. Gen. William H. Morris: A Forgotten Casualty of Spotsylvania By Tim Talbott The opening three days of fighting at Spotsylvania Court House proved deadly for…
Book Reviews — September 2023
Redeeming Grant’s Reputation Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant. Edited by Chris Mackowski and Frank J. Scaturro. Photos, notes,…
American Battlefield Trust
Veer the Trust Toward Victory, Protect 32 Acres Tied to the Vicksburg Campaign In Mississippi, the Trust recently launched a campaign to save 32 acres of hallowed…
“The Men Fell on All Sides”: Kershaw’s Brigade at Fredericksburg
“The Men Fell on All Sides”: Kershaw’s Brigade at Fredericksburg By Tim Talbott At Fredericksburg, South Carolinians battled on both ends of the Confederate line.…