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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.
Critic’s Corner
Bull’s narrative of his service in the campaign and in the Federal occupation of Atlanta, May 13-November 15, runs about 30% of his entire memoir. This alone make…
Civil War Book Reviews
In-depth account of the 1st and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War. By Darin Wipperman. Maps, tabl…
Chicora Cemetery Honors
Chicora Cemetery on the Averasboro battlefield site is, like all battleground burial grounds, a place of sadness and remembrance, where the fallen are honored for…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
The Civil War’s impact endures both in physical sites and collective memory. Once battlefields, these now peaceful places remind us of division’s cost and unity’s…
Cavalry Hill Cemetery: Rediscovering the Lost Graves
am so excited,” exclaimed retired eye surgeon, relic hunter, and preservationist, Dr. William “Bill” Blackman of Dalton, Ga., as a small task force descended upon…
An Officer and His Sketchbook
Growing up in Scotland in the 1820s, young Jimmy could never have imagined that he would one day cross the Atlantic and play a meaningful role in suppressing a re…
William Loring:
Major General William Wing Loring had a notable military career that spanned several significant conflicts, including the Texas Revolution at the age of 14, the M…
Through the Lens More Serious than Expected
Towards the end of June 1864, C.S. Gen. Jubal Early, Army of the Valley, had left the Shenandoah Valley, Va., to “threaten Washington and if I find the opportunit…
This & That 2025 Middle Tennessee
n my last column, I wrote about events at Fort Sumter between South Carolina’s secession and April 12, 1861, when the shooting started. In this issue and the next…
The Unfinished Fight “God Bless The Russians” October 2, 1863
Harpers Weekly, October 17, 1863, noted that it was “for a goodwill gesture to show the world that Russia was lending support to the liberal government of the Uni…
The Long Journey Home Finding the Owner of a Stolen Rifle
Afew years ago, I was in my office at work when a man walked in the front door. After I approached the front counter, he introduced himself as FBI Special Agent R…
The Graphic War
It all began with the Greeks. He was Heracles, the greatest Greek hero and son of Zeus and half-brother of Perseus. Somewhere in the mists of time, the Romans ado…
The Fight for Manassas Battlefield
The 2025 Middle Tennessee Civil War Show, held on December 6th and 7th in Franklin, Tennessee, closed out another successful year of events, leaving dealers and a…
Spared & Shared
to circulate but one of the best accounts comes in a letter he wrote describing the reception General Grant received on March 8, 1864, when Grant met Lincoln face…
Hercules and the serpent Vision and Valor:
his article addresses an often-overlooked role of women during and after the Civil War: that of teaching in schools devoted to the education of former slaves. Whi…
Emerging Civil War
Apopular meme floating around Facebook for the past year or so features Ulysses S. Grant—President Grant, specifically, late in his second term. Perhaps you’ve se…
Critic’s Corner Worthy of the Cause for Which They Fight
How many Northern or Southern general officers kept diaries? Not too many. And of these, we can assume that most have long since been published. That’s why Robert…
Civil War Book Reviews
Extensive Book on Identification of Relics Relics: A Guide to Identification. By William Plummer. Author’s note, forward, acknowledgments, introduction, appendice…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
noticed “three or four graves—one of a federal captain ‘died May 24, 1864.’” They quickly came to the spot where Gen. Charles Griffin’s V Corps division had advan…
Behind the Lines
Iam often asked why Americans are so fascinated by the Civil War, and yet relatively few have any substantial interest in or knowledge of the American Revolution.…
What makes a good battle book?
It is safe to say that, aside from President Abraham Lincoln, no other figure from the Civil War era has been the subject of more books and articles than General…
Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
This article focuses on the women who ministered to sick and wounded soldiers in the Civil War. From the moment war became a reality, women sought roles supportin…
USCC Massacre
In 1864, the 5th United States Colored Cavalry (5th USCC) under Colonel James Brisbin was formed at Camp Nelson, Ky. The Regiment, some 1,000 strong, was made up…
Through the Lens A Good Thrashing
n the evening of January 7, 1863, U.S. Gen. Egbert B. Brown, Cmdr., Southwest Division, received word that an estimated 2,000 to 6,000 men of C.S. Gen. John S. Ma…