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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.
Civil War Times Illustrated—An Appreciation
By Stephen Davis Bruce Catton, Virgil Carrington Jones, Edwin C. Bearss—all are Civil War authors familiar to many enthusiasts of America’s greatest conflict. The…
Civil War News Announcement
We are thrilled to announce an exciting evolution of Civil War News! After 50 years of bringing the most compelling and comprehensive Civil War stories to our rea…
Chris Mackowski Receives Houston Civil War Round Table’s “Frank E. Vandiver Award of Merit”
HOUSTON, TEXAS— Continuing a 41-year tradition, the Houston Civil War Round Table (HCWRT) has awarded Christopher W. Mackowski, Ph.D., the Frank E. Vandiver Award…
Burning Alabama
Burning Alabama “If that boy had known enough to give me the point of his saber instead of its edge, I should not have been here to tell you about it.” – C.S. Lt.…
Book Reviews — April 2024
Hoosier Spies and Horse Marines: A History of the Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing. By James A. Goecker. Illustrated, Bibliography, Notes, Appendices, Index, McFa…
American Battlefield Trust — April 2024
Calling All Volunteers for Park Day 2024! Each spring, thousands of volunteers gather at battlefields and historic sites across the nation to participate in the T…
325.5 Million Visits to National Parks in 2023
Fort Oglethorpe, GA—The National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4%…
“An Exciting and Brilliant Affair:” The Third Crossing at Fredericksburg
“An Exciting and Brilliant Affair:” The Third Crossing at Fredericksburg By mid-June 1863, the Army of the Potomac’s VI Corps had about enough of the pontoon brid…
William G. Shepardson – ‘all-in’ Confederate War Correspondent
By Joan Wenner, J.D. It’s been written that much weighed on the mind of Confederate Major General George Pickett’s mind a few months after Gettysburg, the disaste…
Two Pardons, One by Each Side, for One Soldier
Two Pardons, One by Each Side, for One Soldier By Carl L. Sell Jr. Francis (Frank) Donaldson was a fast talker and opinionated Union soldier from Philadelphia who…
To A Man Up A Tree
To A Man Up A Tree “Had I been supplied with four Whitworth guns I firmly believe you might have slept in New Bern that night.” – C.S. Gen. James Johnston Pettigr…
Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Virginia
Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Virginia The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artist’s g…
Lowcountry Show and Sale Kicks off the New Year
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.— There are numerous shows and events related to the hobbies of collecting the past and metal detecting. Between January and December, there a…
John McElroy’s Andersonville Memoir (1879)
During one of the intensely hot days of last week, more than three hundred sick and wounded Yankees died at Andersonville. We thank Heaven for such blessings. A c…
Georgia On My Mind
Some of the 500 tables of dealers and displays at this show. DALTON, Ga.—Georgia was on everyone’s mind as the 29th Annual Chickamauga Civil War Show kicked off o…
From Bulls Gap to Lexington and Back
From Bulls Gap to Lexington and Back The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John Reed’s Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox, edited by Will…
Emerging Civil War — March 2024
From the Editor “For your information,” Ernest Hemingway a literary critic in 1939, “in stories about the war, I try to show all the different sides of it, taking…
Book Reviews — March 2024
A Political Scientist’s Analysis of Reconstruction in Texas Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with timely analysis of the latest and most significan…
American Battlefield Trust — March 2024
To start the new year, the American Battlefield Trust launched a campaign to preserve 10 acres of hallowed ground across three Civil War battlefields within two s…
A Heartfelt Tribute of Parental Affection
A Heartfelt Tribute of Parental Affection By Joseph Wilson Behind an old iron gate shrouded in overgrown shrubs, a seemingly forgotten and hidden Pittsburgh cemet…
A Few Thoughts on Men’s Shirts
A Few Thoughts on Men’s Shirts Whether Union or Confederate, all soldiers were civilians before they were in the military, and all of them wore shirts. While seem…
“Under a Terrific Fire from the Enemy”: Ward’s Brigade at Fredericksburg
The quiet solitude of the present-day Slaughter Pen Farm battlefield at Fredericksburg belies the scene of horror it presented to those who fought there on Decemb…
The Southern Historical Society Papers
In their writing, historians have a way of being oblique. But they can also be quite direct, as when Prof. E. Merton Coulter once declared that when the Southern…
The Rosenthals of Philadelphia
The Rosenthals of Philadelphia The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artist’s goals.…