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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.
Barnett and Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney and J.E. Barnett furnished some of the first contract rifles and rifle-muskets to arm the Union and the Confederacy in 1861. Both had long been produc…
Atlanta Round Table Honors Jeffry Wert
ATLANTA, Ga.— At their November 12 meeting, the Atlanta Civil War Round Table’s members honored historian Jeffry D. Wert with the prestigious 2023 Richard Barksda…
American Battlefield Trust — January 2024
The American Battlefield Trust has launched a campaign to preserve 184 acres of hallowed ground associated with two of the most important battles of the Civil War…
A Whirl-A-Gust Of Woodpeckers In A Hail Storm
“We will plant it [regimental flag] here, boys, and rally the old Twenty-fifth around it; and here we will die.” – U.S. Col. Thomas Williams, 25th Ill., last word…
42nd Annual Central Virginia Military Antique Show
DOSWELL, Va.—The 42nd annual Central Virginia Military Antique Show, sponsored by Mike Ward and Carl Sitherwood at BulletAndShell.com, a beacon for history enthus…
36th annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show Report
FRANKLIN, Tenn.—The 2023 Civil War show season drew to a close in a crescendo of history and camaraderie as the 36th annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show conclu…
“Sea Monster” Seen in North Carolina
By Joan Wenner, J.D. In the Journal of a Secesh Lady, an educated diarist Catherine Ann Devereux Edmondston of Halifax County, along the Roanoke River in northeas…
The Battle of the Bands / The Battle of Stones River: Part I
The Battle of the Bands The Battle of Stones River: Part I “Every soldier on that field knew when the sun went down on the 30th that on the following day he would…
N-SSA Fires off its 148th National Skirmish
Hardaway’s Alabama Battery took 1st place in the howitzer class with Jeffrey Baldwin’s Tredegar 12-pounder field howitzer. (Niki Bethke) By Bruce Miller The North…
Michael, You’re a Star!
In this issue, we announce that Michael K. Shaffer, the Kennesaw, Georgia, Civil Warrior who’s been writing the excellent “The Source” column for Civil War News f…
Marketing: The Marriage of Photography and Lithography
Marketing: The Marriage of Photography and Lithography The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the print…
M. Jeff Thompson Surrenders in Northeast Arkansas
M. Jeff Thompson Surrenders in Northeast Arkansas “He is a witty fellow, and is continually talking about impossibilities.” – Lieut. Col. Charles W. Davis to Maj.…
Hollywood Meets History 30 Years Later
Seated: Ron Maxwell (director), actors Stephen Lang and Tom Berenger, with other cast and crew for the Gettysburg 30th Anniversary celebration. (All anniversary p…
Fold3 ‘Civil War Stories: Enhancements’
Fold3 ‘Civil War Stories: Enhancements’ In a previous installment of this column, readers learned of a new feature of Fold3: unveiling a unique research collectio…
Emerging Civil War — December 2023
From the Editor To most people, a field is just a field. Maybe a person can appreciate the field for its natural beauty, but not everyone cares for flowers and ta…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust 2023 Annual Conference “The Crossroads of Fire”
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust 2023 Annual Conference “The Crossroads of Fire” By Tom Van Winkle (CVBT President) Photos by Tim Talbott, Jennifer Michael, an…
CWRT Congress Sustainability Conference Was a Success
For two days in late August, substantial forces came together in the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside around Gettysburg in a struggle that was to have serious o…
Book Reviews — December 2023
Introducing the Rebel Yell to Pennsylvania ‘If We Are Striking For Pennsylvania:” The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg, V…
American Battlefield Trust
Opportunity to Save 15 Acres at Gettysburg First Day Battlefield The American Battlefield Trust has launched a $3 million national fundraising campaign to acquire…
A Great Southern Poet
Centuries ago, biography developed as an art form—an admiring narrative of the life and times of a noble man whose course in life could inspire later generations.…
A Few Thoughts on the Enfield Short Rifle
A Few Thoughts on the Enfield Short Rifle Here is an image of a Confederate soldier, well outfitted with what appears to be a matching suit (jacket and trousers)…
“Unsurpassed Courage and Determination”; Pender’s Brigade at Chancellorsville
“Unsurpassed Courage and Determination”; Pender’s Brigade at Chancellorsville On May 9, 1863, a small article on the front page of the Richmond Daily Dispatch not…
The New York Times Times Machine
The increasing number of digitized Civil War-era newspapers provides researchers with another tool to gather information from primary sources. This month’s column…
The Last Surrender in the Cis-Mississippi
– Yogi Berra The American Civil War did not end all at once. By the spring of 1865, it was clear the end was near, but how the end would come was far from certain…