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Confederate Flag Supporters Gather At Peace Light
GETTYSBURG, PA.—Nearly 500 Confederate flag supporters gathered on Saturday March 5th at the Eternal Light Peace Memorial in Gettysburg to show their support for…
Civil War Trust News
FRANKLIN, Tenn.—James Lighthizer, President of the Civil War Trust, recently attended a dinner in Franklin, Tennessee celebrating the purchase of 1.6 acres consid…
Civil War Steamer Discovered Off N.C.
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Office of Archaeology-Underwater announced a 225foot Civil War-era iron-hulled…
Book Reviews — May 2016
Pricey, Graphic Books About Douglass’s Visit To Ireland Plantation Violence, Slavery Slave Against Slave: Plantation Violence in the Old South. By Jeff Forret. No…
Baltimore Antique Arms Show
TIMONIUM, Md. — The 62nd annual “Original Baltimore Antique Arms Show” presented by Maryland Arms Collectors Association, Inc. was held at the Maryland State Fair…
Atlas To The O.R.s
Atlas To The O.R.s Preparing to launch his 1862 Valley Campaign, Major General Thomas J. Jackson turned to his topographer, Jedediah Hotchkiss, and asked him to “…
Ask The Civil War Appraiser
Ask The Civil War Appraiser By John Sexton We are starting a new feature in Civil War News, which will be a regular column written by Civil War Appraiser John Sex…
Waterloo Will Celebrate Its 150th Memorial Day
Waterloo Will Celebrate Its 150th Memorial Day WATERLOO, N.Y. — The village of Waterloo, the birthplace of Memorial Day, will observe its 150th consecutive Memori…
United Kingdom CWRT Donates $500 To SHAF
LONDON, England — ACWRTUK announces $500 gift to Save Historic Antietam Foundation Many Civil War Round Tables around the U.S. regularly donate to preservation ca…
Unapologetic Confederate
Editor’s note: With this column we launch a new feature, “Critic’s Corner,” contributed by Stephen Davis of Atlanta. In each column Steve will select a “golden ol…
Treasures from the Museum — April 2016
Featuring a unique hook slant rifling design, the pictured English Type II Blakely rifled cannon are 61 inches in length with a bore of 2.9 inches and an outside…
Through The Lens — April 2016
“Heavy shells were falling fast and thick” a Confederate later wrote. “It seems as if the whole heavens were ablaze with thunder and lightning.” As part of the Un…
The Burning Of Atlanta: What Really Happened?
The Burning Of Atlanta: What Really Happened? By Stephen Davis Big fires in American history spawn legends. Mrs. O’Leary‘s cow may not have started the Great Chic…
Texas Civil War Museum Begins Its Second Decade
Texas Civil War Museum Begins Its Second Decade FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas Civil War Museum began its second decade on Jan. 25 with new exhibits. U.S. Maj. Gen…
Surviving Cannon Registry Update
Eleven cannon were added to the Registry in 2015, for a net gain of seven, bringing the grand total of known surviving Civil War cannon to 5,778. The first is a c…
South Carolina Reenactor Jerry W. Cauthan Dies
South Carolina Reenactor Jerry W. Cauthan Dies By Maj. Dan Gregory Hampton’s Legion Cavalry, Palmetto Battalion POINT SOUTH, S.C. Battle of Pocotaligo, S.C. — At…
Sharing Speakers Makes Sense
Sharing Speakers Makes Sense If you stop to look at it, running a Civil War roundtable is exactly like running a small business. You take in money from members (y…
Rifle-Musket Overloads and the Jersey Muskrats
Rifle-Musket Overloads and the Jersey Muskrats Rifle-Musket Problem Most Civil War historians and buffs are aware of the famous afteraction report regarding the m…
President Lincoln’s Cottage To Become An Autonomous Museum
President Lincoln’s Cottage To Become An Autonomous Museum WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Lincoln’s Cottage, which opened to the public in 2008 under the National T…
Point Lookout Civil War Light Keeper
Point Lookout Civil War Light Keeper By Carl L. Sell Jr. SCOTLAND, Md. — In recent years, many people who have lived in or visited the keeper’s quarters at the Po…
Paging Through
Since the first of this year, publishing Civil War News and serving its community has been an honor and a privilege for us. We have spent countless hours putting…
News Briefs — April 2016
Petersburg NPS Hours PETERSBURG, Va. — Beginning March 13, 2016, park-wide facilities including visitor contact stations, governmental offices will open at 9 am a…
New York Lincoln Award Winners
By Martin Smith NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Civil ed Doris Kearns Goodwin, Garry he was Chief Historian for the al organization with offices in Los
New NPS Superintendent At Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania
Kirsten Talken-Spaulding, the newly appointed superintendent of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — National Par…