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Every article indexed from the pages of Civil War News — 438 of them across90 issues, 2016 to 2026. Each one opens the full text on civilwarnews.com.
American Battlefield Trust
Calling All “Advocacy Allies” The Trust is ringing in the new year with a call to preservation allies across the country. Launching in 2023, the nonprofit is intr…
A Soldier’s Dream/A Soldier’s Vision
Fond dreamer may thy blissful vision be, A true foreshadowing of the fates to thee.” “Such scenes were meant to reassure families that their men in arms remained…
A Natural Battleground
A Natural Battleground Mountain passes, rivers, fords, roads and (in modern times) railroads often determine how armies move and consequently influence where armi…
A Monumental Confederate Gesture
by Joseph Wilson After the Civil War, monuments funded by states and private groups began populating the battlefields. Towns followed by erecting statues along th…
A Civil War Visitor Returns to Monterey, Tennessee
A Civil War Visitor Returns to Monterey, Tennessee Late last month the Town of Monterey installed a new Civil War Trails sign. The new sign explores the life of a…
“The Most Terrific Fire that I Ever Saw”: Artillery at Fredericksburg
“The Most Terrific Fire that I Ever Saw”: Artillery at Fredericksburg by Tim Talbott “It was the most destructive Artillery fire of the war,” claimed Capt. Thomas…
Why Robert E. Lee Still Matters
Love of animals. Appreciation of duly constituted authority— coupled with an abhorrence of authoritarianism. A devotion to history, for, as General Lee said, “It…
V. R Lock Plate
V. R Lock Plate A debate on a well-known Civil War internet forum centered around the American Civil War provenance of any 1853 British Enfield long rifles with a…
Thousands gather for Remembrance Day
by Leon Reed GETTYSBURG, Pa.—Living in Gettysburg can be confusing in November. Some people talk about “Dedication Day;” others talk about “Remembrance Day,” ofte…
Publisher’s Note
In the current world of supply chain issues and prices going through the roof at every turn, we are diligently looking at ways to keep our costs down while contin…
No Confidence
Louis T. Wigfall. The Johnston family stayed in Wigfall’s Richmond home during his convalescence. The Confederacy did not have any political parties to structure…
Location of Lincoln Speech Identified
by Leon Reed Hundreds of people passing through Gettysburg National Cemetery around 2 p.m. on Remembrance Day (Nov. 19) were curious what a group of 8-10 people w…
Lincoln Forum’s 27th Gathering
by Leon Reed More than 350 Abraham Lincoln scholars and aficionados gathered at Gettysburg’s Wyndham Hotel on November 16-18 for the Lincoln Forum’s 27th annual s…
Fort Branch, North Carolina, Reenactment Survived Covid
HAMILTON, N.C.—Over the November 5 and 6 weekend, the Fort Branch reenactment made its annual appearance. This year’s event was leaner with only some 200-250 part…
Events — January 2023
demonstrations, tours, displays, music, crafts, food, and Saturday’s Blue Grey Ball! Tour the historic log cabin, schoolhouse, jail, mercantile building, and sold…
Emerging Civil War — January 2023
From the Editor Each fall semester, as we head into Thanksgiving, I challenge my students to notice things. As writers, they’ll need to constantly stay alert to t…
Dedication Day in Gettysburg
by Leon Reed GETTYSBURG, Pa.—A collection of Gettysburg royalty: Park Superintendent Steve Sims, Gettysburg College President Robert Iuliano, Gettysburg Foundatio…
Cyrus McCormick and the Battle of Shiloh
We have written before about the intersection of commerce and the horrors of war through the marketplace of lithographs. In this month’s column we feature the mor…
Coquettish Confederate Spy Celebrated as the Siren of the Shenandoah Valley
by Bob Ruegsegger Maria Isabella Boyd was born to a prosperous family with strong Southern ties in Martinsburg, Va., a part of the Old Dominion strategically situ…
Close to Home
the Sabbath School who fell. Twenty-four names are inscribed here, names of men who prayed together in this single Methodist Church. Other surfaces list the other…
Charting a More Perfect Union
Georgia search results coast survey. Researchers seeking information on coastal operations during the American Civil War will benefit from mining the collection o…
Chaos at the High Water Mark
by Carl L. Sell Jr. The chaos, confusion, and carnage at Gettysburg’s July 3, 1863, High Water Mark on Cemetery Hill, was a potential disaster for the Union Army…
Book Reviews — January 2023
True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South during the Civil War and Reconstruction (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War). By Clayton J.…
American Battlefield Trust — January 2023
evident in the more than 55,000 acres of battlefield land it has protected, the Trust encourages you to learn how you can help preserve, educate, and inspire. If…