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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.
Moving On and Thank You
Moving On and Thank You I would like to thank everyone who has read the articles I have written for Civil War News over the last few years. I have enjoyed the wri…
Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships
List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801–1947. NARA Navy log web page. Ahoy researchers! Last month, this column featured The…
Lincoln Forum's 26th Annual Symposium
by Leon Reed Special Correspondent to Nearly 300 Lincoln scholars and enthusiasts gathered in the days preceding Dedication Day at Gettysburg’s Wyndham Hotel for…
Glorious Victories April 3 and 9, 1865
Glorious Victories April 3 and 9, 1865 The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the print maker or artist…
Florence’s Civil War Legacy and National Cemetery
by Bob Ruegsegger Florence National Cemetery in Florence, S.C., embraces the remains of more than 2,700 Civil War era soldiers, almost exclusively Union prisoners…
Events — January 2022
The Ohio Civil War & WWI/II Show will be held in Mansfield, OH. This Mansfield military collectors show is held at Richland County Fairgrounds. All federal, state…
Emerging Civil War — January 2022
From the Editor Most of us, I know, tend to think of summer as “campaign season” for Civil War battles. The roads finally dried up enough for the armies to move a…
Crossing Hell On Ice
Crossing Hell On Ice “By pondering our plans and maps, Great General George has got the gaps, But we, who watched this sleepy war, We got the gaps long, long, bef…
Colonel Edward Prince Marker Dedication
QUINCY, Illinois—A solemn dedication ceremony was held in Woodland Cemetery in Quincy, Ill., Saturday afternoon, October 9, to dedicate a memorial plaque at the g…
Civil War Alphabet Quiz – T as in... January
Civil War Alphabet Quiz – T as in... January 1. US General from Virginia known as “Old Slow Trot” and Rock of “Chickamauga” 2. CS ironclad captured at Mobile Bay…
Central Virginia Battlefield Trust 25th Anniversary Celebration
Central Virginia Battlefield Trust 25th Anniversary Celebration September 2021 marked CVBT’s 25th year of preserving endangered battlefields in central Virginia.…
Book Reviews — January 2022
the lucrative smuggling trade; hampering the arrival of needed supplies that the South could not produce internally thus adding to inflation; and, creating a sens…
Battle of Stones River Reenactment a Success
by Gregory L. Wade Approximately 2,000 reenactors from across the country gathered outside Lebanon, Tenn., for a reenactment of the New Year’s Eve 1862, and Janua…
American Battlefield Trust — January 2022
Trust Seeks to Save 239 Virginia Acres Connected to Two Civil War “Taverns” The American Battlefield Trust is currently working to preserve 239 acres at two Virgi…
Admiral Stephen B. Luce – from Civil War to Naval War College
by Joan Wenner, J.D. Recent inductions into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., included a man with Civil War service. Stephen B. Luce navigated t…
A Prequel, or Grant vs. Grant
A Prequel, or Grant vs. Grant In 2019 I wrote a column in Civil War News about the October 1862 Battle of Corinth. My focus was on Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and…
A Few Thoughts on Colt Revolvers
A Few Thoughts on Colt Revolvers I have spoken of the rapid improvements made in arms... Revolvers were no exception and Colt’s revolver which monopolized the fie…
40th Annual Central Virginia Military Antique Show
40th Annual Central Virginia Military Antique Show HENRICO COUNTY, Virginia—The 40th annual Central Virginia Military Antique Show was held on November 13, 2021,…
“I will either be Colonel or a Civilian”
A recently discovered letter reminds us that Civil War soldiers in the field pined for hearth and home, as soldiers have throughout history. Clark Swett Edwards (…
“Grant and Twain: The Men and the Memoirs”
by Professor Earnest Veritas Special Correspondent to the Papillion, Nebraska, is a town born because of the transcontinental railroad crossing the plains. Genera…
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Observes the 160th Anniversary of the Battle
The 160th anniversary of the significant battle of Wilson’s Creek was solemnly observed in front of the newly renovated Visitor Center at the NPS battlefield in S…
Wallace Diary
by Bob Ruegsegger Before the Civil War, Elizabeth Curtis Wallace enjoyed a modest literary career. She wrote a host of articles for Norfolk, Suffolk, and Elizabet…
The Fate of a Mill and a Community
Sarah Kelehear, an Interpretive Ranger at Sweetwater Creek State Park, has degrees in biology and environmental science. Her work at Sweetwater involves teaching…
The Civil War Diary of Gideon Welles
“Father Neptune” navigated through the American Civil War, serving as Navy Secretary in President Lincoln’s cabinet. Thankfully, Gideon Welles also kept a diary,…