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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.
The Unfinished Fight “God Bless The Russians” October 2, 1863
THE UNFINISHED FIGHT: “GOD BLESS THE RUSSIANS” Diary of U.S. Naval Secretary Gideon Welles, October 2, 1863
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
The Graphic War Hercules and the Serpent The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artis…
The Fight for Manassas Battlefield Rages on 164 Years After the Battles
Although preservationists have fought for years to protect Manassas National Battlefield Park in Northern Virginia, a new challenge awaits: data centers. “We can’…
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…
Emerging Civil War
By Chris Mackowski, Ph.D. “Patriotism and Intelligence” vs. “Superstition, Ambition, and Ignorance”
Critic’s Corner Worthy of the Cause for Which They Fight
Critic’s o r n Worthy Of The Cause For Which They Fight e By Stephen Davis r
Civil War Book Reviews
Book Reviews Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact email: B…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
Early Visitors to Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part II By Tim Talbott
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.…
A Closer Look at the Cast
In 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 nex…
2025 Middle Tennessee Civil War Show
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…
What makes a good battle book?
Confederate Grand Strategy: Is What Historians Think About Robert E. Lee All Wrong? By Alexander B. Rossino
Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
He Has A Great Work for Me to Do
USCC Massacre
USCC Massacre at Simpsonville, Kentucky By Charles H. Bogart
Through the Lens A Good Thrashing
“[In support of Col. Emmett MacDonald] a thousand warriors sprang to their feet, and, with one wild Missouri yell, burst upon the foe.” – Col Joseph O. Shelby, Mo…
This & That Crisis in Charleston
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The Unfinished Fight The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Many American grocers in the mid-19th century began their business in the tea trade. The Antebellum United States was predominantly rural and agrarian. If food pr…
The Graphic War Preserve. Educate. Inspire.
The Graphic War Civil War Politics: Abolition and Election
Spared & Shared Battle of Roanoke Island Letter
The next morning we did not move but the small boats were in advance to lookout the ground. Friday morning the 7th, orders were to move on and so we did—the gunbo…
N-SSA celebrates its 75th Anniversary with History, Competition
N-SSA celebrates its 75th Anniversary with History, Competition and Camaraderie By Bruce W. Miller
Fort McAllister Southern Sentinel on Georgia’s Ogeechee River
Fort McAllister, Georgia, Historic Marker.
Emerging Civil War The Book of General Stevenson
Icracked the book open carefully, conscious of its old spine. I didn’t know what shape its pages might be in, either. The book, an edition of Dennis Hart Mahan’s…
Critic’s Corner
The best battle books describe the fighting with enough I call the difference between the practical and the sublime. detail to be definitive without sinking to ex…