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Long Island Civil War Soldiers Project
Civil War Soldiers Project
Gettysburg Film Festival
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Emory and Emily Upton Star Crossed Lovers
“November seventeenth [1867]. A day never to be forgotten saw the fulfillment of my dearest hopes. On that day, I promised General Upton that I would be to him fo…
Emerging Civil War Newsletter
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Disturbing the Slumbering Hornet’s Nest
On May 22, 1863, the Stockade Redan was the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the entire Vicksburg campaign. Sergeant George Powell Clark, a member of th…
Civil War Field Hospitals Saved the Lives of Countless Soldiers
The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American history in terms of lives lost. Conservative estimates of total Civil War deaths range from 650,000 to 750,00…
Civil War Book Reviews
Book Reviews Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with timely analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact e…
America Battlefield Trust Preserve. Educate. Inspire.
Wilderness Battlefield and Minute Man National Historic Park Among the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in the U.S. Two of the nation’s profound battlefield sit…
the truth at cassvile Was Joe Johnston honest with History?
From the publisher e are delighted to share the news, about the transformation of Civil War News! After five decades of delivering captivating and thorough Civil…
the truth at cassvile Was Joe Johnston honest
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Maryland ARMS Collectors Show
Maryland ARMS Collectors Show TIMONIUM, MD—The 68th Annual Maryland Arms Collectors Association Show rocked the Timonium Fairgrounds on March 16-17, 2024, and it…
How Shall all These
Wounds be Healed? Exploring Battle’s Impact on Families By Jonathan A. Noyalas
How Shall All These Would be Healed?
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Herb Peck Jr.
Herb Peck Jr. poses with a small portion of his Civil War photography collection. (Courtesy the Herb Peck Jr. family)
“Busy at Their Work:” Medical Treatment at the Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5-6, 1864, presented a whole host of issues for both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. Among oth…
W. L. Ormsby: Colt and a Fine Art Engraver
The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artist’s goals. Collectors of Civil War sidear…
The Battle of Aiken Attracts Thousands
By Pete Peters William Tecumseh Sherman, resting his troops in Savannah in 1865, declared, “When I go through South Carolina, it will be one of the most horrible…
Sabotage at City Point
Hopewell. You will arrive at a peninsula which juts out into the Appomattox River where it joins the James. During the final months of the Civil War this nowquiet…
Russia and the U.S. during the Civil War
“God Bless the Russians.” – Diary of U.S. Naval Secretary Gideon Welles, October 2, 1863 During the mid-19th century, newspapers were much more widely read than t…
Lockwoods Folly Encounter
By Joan Wenner, J.D. By December 1861, Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles was finding it difficult to purchase, convert, and arm additional ships needed fo…
Igniting an Appreciation for Abraham Lincoln in Children
By Jonathan W. White Historians and the general public regularly rank Abraham Lincoln as America’s greatest president. There is little doubt that he is widely adm…
Fort Donelson 2024 Symposium
DOVER, Tenn.—On February 10, the Fort Henry and Donelson Campaign Facebook Group partnered with Fort Donelson National Battlefield to host the Second Annual Civil…
First To Flee Andersonville Prison
By Joseph F. Wilson Only a handful of Union prisoners escaped Georgia’s notorious Andersonville Prison. Nearly every successful escape occurred after September 18…
Emerging Civil War — April 2024
Sixty degrees is cold to some people, warm to others. My wife, born in the South, considers a 60-degree day chilly. When I lived in Maine, I remember many a sprin…