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Meade Made A Name For Himself At Gettysburg
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania at the end of June 1863, soon after his “great victory” at Chancellorsville, Va. The Richmond Daily Dispatch o…
Living Historians Portrayed The USCC At Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, PA.—The Battle of Gettysburg created carnage on a scale that was never exceeded during the American Civil War. John C. Chamberlain, a USCC volunteer a…
Letters To The Editor
‘Seething Hell’ Book Review Comments ‘Farby’ People Costume TO THE EDITOR: I found Professor Allen Guelzo’s review of Thomas R. Pero’s Gettysburg 1863—Seething He…
How A Professional Split Enhanced Photography At Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest clash of the Civil War, led to the finest photographic documentation of any fresh battlefield of the war, due in large meas…
History, Competition And Camaraderie At The N-SSA 133rd Nationals
WINCHESTER, VA — The North-South Skirmish Association held its 133rd National Competition May 20-22, 2016. At Fort Shenandoah near Winchester, Virginia member uni…
Halting Pickett’s Charge
Halting Pickett’s Charge “In every battle and on every important field there is one spot to which every army [officer] would wish to be assigned – the spot upon w…
German World War II POWs At Gettysburg Battlefield
GETTYSBURG, PA.—In the spring of 1944, America was heavily engaged in World War II, and men of the armed forces were fighting on many fronts in Europe against the…
GBPA Targets Greatest Threat To Hallowed Ground In Years
GETTYSBURG, PA.—Calling it the greatest threat to the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg battlefield in many years, if not decades, at a May 18 news conference at…
Father William Corby And The Irish Brigade
The National Civil War Chaplains Museum is currently featuring an exhibit on the Irish Brigade and Father William Corby, a chaplain for the brigade. The museum is…
Creating A Sibley Tent Site With A Crimean Stove – The First Maryland Experience –
WINCHESTER, VA.—The First/ Second Maryland is a group portraying Maryland’s Southern infantrymen during the Civil War. The unit has a campsite at the NorthSouth S…
Civil War Trust – Battlefield Restoration at Lee’s Headquarters
Civil War Trust – Battlefield Restoration at Lee’s Headquarters The Civil War Trust moves forward with its restoration of a key portion of the Gettysburg Battlefi…
Civil War Medals of Honor
I just inherited this group of medals that were my grandmother’s father. He won the Congressional medal of honor, but I understand they are illegal to sell. What…
Civil War Events Through Sept.
“John Singleton Mosby: Lawyer, Soldier, Statesman,” guest curated by David Goetz at Manassas Museum in Manassas. Honoring 100th anniversary of Mosby’s death. May…
Civil War Events In The Area
“Tell Mother I’ve Been Good: Vice & Virtue in the Civil War” exhibit at National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg. Stories, images, artifacts about moral challenges f…
Civil War Dancing And More For Gettysburg
Civil War Dancing And More For Gettysburg GETTYSBURG, PA.—The years 1861 to 1865 were not all blood and mud, death and destruction. On the homefront, there was gr…
Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth
GETTYSBURG, PA.—Brigadier General Elon John Farnsworth is the only high ranking Union officer killed in the Civil War at Gettysburg who is not remembered on the b…
Book Reviews — July 2016
Lincoln’s Political Life In Hancock Excelled At Gettysburg Battle First 40 Years Is Related A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849. By…
Black Powder Equivalency and Revolvers in the Infantry
Black Powder, White Smoke By Joe Bilby Black Powder Equivalency and Revolvers in the Infantry Black Powder Equivalency I recently had an email conversation with s…
Andersonville Revisited: Encountering Fact And Fiction In Popular Culture
Most travelers have heard of Andersonville, but few seem to understand the full story of the Civil War POW camp. The breadth of knowledge about this historic site…
An Army On The Move: Robert E. Lee & His Confederates In June, 1863
“We are on the move...to Maryland and Pennsylvania,” wrote Jerome Yates, a soldier in the 16th Mississippi on June 17th, 1863, and “I am in hopes that we will gor…
2016 Mid-South Military History & Civil War Show
2016 Mid-South Military History & Civil War Show MEMPHIS, TENN.—The 49th annual Military History & Civil War Show held on Saturday and Sunday, March 5th and 6th,…
Winner Of The Laney Book Prize Announced
AUSTIN, Texas.—Donald Frazier, professor of history at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas has won the twenty-first annual Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Priz…
Two Antique Parrott Rifles New Home At Cedar Mountain
CEDAR MOUNTAIN BATTLEFIELD, Va.—On a beautiful spring day two 100-year-old replica Parrott guns, which formerly graced the historic General Lee’s headquarters in…
Triune Reenactment Near Franklin, Tenn.
TRIUNE, Tenn.—On the weekend of April 16, 17 in Triune, Tennessee, the sound of gunfire and cannon erupted, in a recent observance of the December 31, 1862 fighti…