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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.
Deo Vindice
Deo Vindice When I interviewed Scott Thompson for last month’s column, I saw, among the numerous items decorating his office walls, an image of the Great Seal of…
Confederate Uprising on the SS Maple Leaf
by Joe Wilson Fifty Confederate officers marched out of a Union prison in New Orleans on June 2, 1863, and boarded the SS Cahawba waiting in the harbor. A jovial…
Confederate Fort Names Change proposal
Confederate Fort Names Change proposal On May 24 the commission to consider renaming installations currently named after Confederates released its initial report.…
Civil War News
We are so delighted to announce our new and improved website. We have been recently working hard to populate it with exciting information for our subscribers. Civ…
Chronicling America Maps and Visualizations
In previous installments of this column, researchers have read about various Civil Warera newspapers now digitized and available via different websites. One of th…
Chattanooga Antique Militaria & Americana Show & Sale
Chattanooga Antique Militaria & Americana Show & Sale Annual event better than ever!
Champagne Dreams John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part II
Champagne Dreams John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part II “A street fight is one of the most desperate modes of warfare known to a soldier. The advantage is strongl…
Book Reviews — September 2022
Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with timely analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact email: BookRev…
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust “Relentlessly” Seeks to Save 170 Acres Tied to the Civil War’s Western Theater The American Battlefield Trust is currently working to p…
A 40-horse wagon train pulls Jackson’s engines to Staunton
by Carl Sell Jr. The February issue of the Civil War News included a story about Colonel Thomas Jackson’s spring 1861 raid on the B&O Railroad that resulted in en…
9th Annual U. S. Grant Symposium in St. Louis
by Professor Earnest Veritas Special Correspondent to the -Western Theater-
1863–1864 Saw Russian Squadrons and Fancy Balls in America
1863–1864 Saw Russian Squadrons and Fancy Balls in America by Ivan Agyeyev and Yuriy Kirpichoff The American Civil War broke out 160 years ago. The Russians were…
“It is amazing what people can collect.”
“It is amazing what people can collect.” The walls in Scott Thompson’s office are decorated with an assemblage of Civil War memorabilia, scores of items that Scot…
Wheeling, W.V., Receives New Civil War Trails Signs
Wheeling, W.V., Receives New Civil War Trails Signs Last month three new Civil War Trails signs were installed in Wheeling. This effort was the result of a contin…
Weather Hot, Competition Hotter
WINCHESTER, Va.—While temperatures soared into the 90’s, the North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) held its 145th National Competition May 18 through 22, 2022.…
Twenty-Seventh Annual Lincoln Forum To Focus On “Lincoln In The White House”
Jon Meacham Two presidential historians familiar to millions as both best-selling authors and cable news commentators, Jon Meacham and John Avlon, will be among t…
The Library of Congress Collection
These young ladies are wearing a style of clothing common to girls and young teens. Their dresses open at the back rather than the front; their necklines are some…
The Fredericksburg National Cemetery
The Fredericksburg National Cemetery by Terry Rensel In the eighteen months between December 1862 and May 1864, four major battles, Fredericksburg; Chancellorsvil…
The Civil War Monument in Vanceburg, Kentucky
by Charles H. Bogart The city of Vanceburg, Ky., is located in northeast Kentucky on the Ohio River. The city is the county seat of Lewis County. In 1884, the cit…
The Bayonet as a Weapon
The Bayonet as a Weapon “On the Civil War battlefield, the bayonet turned out to be a relic, responsible for few battlefield wounds. Though there were many mass c…
Spotlight on the Emerging Civil War Series
Editor’s Note: Civil War News is pleased to begin a new monthly series highlighting books in the Emerging Civil War Series (ECWS) published by Savas Beatie, LLC.…
Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Self-Made Man
by Bob Ruegsegger When Sarah Emma Edmonds was seventeen years old, she ran away from her Fredericton home in New Brunswick, Canada. Emma’s father had wanted to ma…
Not On The 4th of July John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part I
Not On The 4th of July John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part I “It seemed as if so small a band as ours had been stationed there [Tebb’s Bend, Ky.] as a bait … If C…
Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes
Brady search page. Mathew Brady: the man behind the men behind the lenses! During the Civil War Era, Mathew Brady, the preeminent photographer in the United State…