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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.
Modest Merit
by Stephen Davis Ed. note: Steve Davis’ new book, The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War, is now out (University of Tennessee Press). Here is an art…
McCormick CWI Offers New Interpretive Program & Shares Findings
New Interpretive Program Debuts at Fort Collier Earlier this year Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute (MCWI) forged a partnership with the Fort…
Lige White at Gettysburg
by Carl Sell Jr. While Major General Jeb Stuart led most the Confederate cavalry around the Union Army on his way north in June 1863, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah V.…
Fort Hamilton, Currier & Ives, 1860
Well before the war began, Currier and Ives were capturing, in many colorful lithographs, the natural environment, buildings, bridges, parks and particularly the…
Events — October 2022
The North-South Skirmish Association 146th National Competition near Winchester. Over 3,000 uniformed competitors in 200 member units compete in live-fire matches…
Emerging Civil War — October 2022
From the Editor: ECW was pleased this year to honor the American Battlefield Trust with our Award for Service in Civil War Public History. From our earliest days,…
Emerging Civil War Series Spotlight
About the Book: The stakes for George Gordon Meade could not have been higher. After his stunning victory at Gettysburg in July 1863, the Union commander spent th…
Emerging Civil War Honors the American Battlefield Trust for Service in Civil War Public History
Emerging Civil War (ECW) is pleased to honor the American Battlefield Trust as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Publ…
Elmira Prison Camp May 1864
Elmira Prison Camp Shootings at Union Civil War prison camps like Elmira were not unusual. Conditions at Elmira were overcrowded and the usual targets were unarme…
Carrying the War North John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part III
of the approaching 14th Ky. were killed or wounded by the Spencer Guards. The surprised Confederates rapidly retreated, then the 7th Ky. Cavalry attacked the Indi…
Book Reviews — October 2022
Old Glory at the Crossroads 1861–1865: The Original and Complete Tribune Newspapers Civil War Centennial Comic Strip. By Rick Fletcher and Athena Robbins, compile…
American Battlefield Trust — October 2022
The Trust Endeavors to Protect 52 Acres in Virginia, Georgia and Mississippi As the Trust contends with a growing range of threats and skyrocketing prices, it is…
“Defending Against Jackson’s Chancellorsville Flank Attack”
“Defending Against Jackson’s Chancellorsville Flank Attack” Since 1996, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has worked diligently to acquire properties associated…
USS Iron Age Search for Clone CSS Tacony
by Joan Wenner, J.D. Historians note that the Confederate Navy demonstrated very well how an inferior naval force could hold off a vastly superior one. One exampl…
U.S. Model 1842 Rifled Musket
delivered 2,225 arms into store during fiscal year 1845 (July 1, 1844 to June 30, 1845). The M1842 muskets remained in production until 1855, with
The Library of Congress Collection — September 2022
CO LLEC T I O N Two African American boys, barefoot, and wearing ragged clothing.
Stephen Davis Wins Awards
their 70th Season— Stephen Davis Wins Awards Celebrating Civil War Round Table of New York
Philadelphia’s Cooper Volunteer Saloon Revisited
Philadelphia’s Cooper Volunteer Saloon Revisited The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the print maker…
Mark Twain and the War (I) Sam Clemens, Confederate Deserter
Mark Twain and the War (I) Sam Clemens, Confederate Deserter “Twain in his later years was more Westerner and New Englander than Southerner, so that his work does…
Mackowski Receives Outstanding Service Award from American Battlefield Trust
Mackowski Receives Outstanding Service Award from American Battlefield Trust ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y—Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of journalism and mass communicat…
In de Land ob Cotton: Dan Emmett’s Famous Song
by Stephen Davis I’m trying to remember where I read some observer’s only half-jestful comment about the difference between “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and…
Events — September 2022
Oct. 15th & 16th at 8437 Valley Pike in Middletown, Va. See cavalry, artillery, and infantry soldiers in action and in camp. Battle scenarios, music, symposium, a…
Emerging Civil War — September 2022
From the Editor Symposium season is upon us at Emerging Civil War; this is always a great time of year to get together with members of the extended ECW family and…
Emerging Civil War Series Spotlight
Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 by Ryan Quint. Savas Beatie, 2017.