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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.
Spiller & Burr Revolvers – The Confederate Brass Framed Whitney
One of the best illustrations of the Confederacy’s lack of manufacturing capacity when compared to that of the Union is the small number of revolvers produced in…
Savas Beatie Authors/Readers Gather at Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Penn.—The leading trade publisher of Civil War and other military history books, Savas Beatie, sponsored their 3rd Gettysburg Meetup from August 12-15…
Photographic Archaeology — October 2021
This is a new Civil War News column. It is intended to be both informative and enjoyable, but challenge readers to look beyond their first impression of an image.…
Nelson Miles at Chancellorsville & Po River
In 1861, twenty-two-year-old Nelson Miles joined the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as a first lieutenant. He was destined to rise to other commands and the…
Military coverage of the War—‘the Glorious News’
The Gettysburg weekly, The Adams Sentinel, was one media outlet, especially in June and July 1863, that took its reporting very seriously as did many other media…
Memorial Service to Be Held for Ed Bearss
A memorial service honoring the life and legacy of Edwin C. Bearss (1923–2020) will be held at the Brownsville Picnic Pavilion in the Manassas National Battlefiel…
Letters to the Editor — October 2021
To The Editor: I noticed two errors in the Sept. column by Stephanie Hagiwara. The first may be just a typo/missing letter but Grant and Sheridan met at Charlesto…
Highly Respected Norfolk Physician Hanged for Murder
On October 23, 1863, Dr. David Minton Wright was taken to a gallows erected in the middle of the old Norfolk Fairgrounds racetrack outside town and hanged. Federa…
Events — October 2021
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Emerging Civil War — October 2021
“Not too bad for three idiots sitting on a porch.” That was the judgement passed down by the wife of co-founder Kris White when Emerging Civil War turned five. Th…
Emerging Civil War Celebrates 10th Anniversary
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va.—More than 165 Civil War scholars, writers, and enthusiasts gathered August 6 through 8 at Stevenson’s Ridge conference center in Spotsylvania, V…
ECW Honors Nelson’s The Three-Cornered War with Book Award
West (Simon & Schuster, 2000) as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Book Award. The Emerging Civil War Book Award recognizes a work of Civil War hist…
ECW Honors Keeney with Stevenson Award
Emerging Civil War has selected Sarah Keeney of Savas Beatie, LLC, as the recipient of this year’s Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson Award. The Stevenson Award i…
ECW Honors Gibbons Backus with Upton Award
Emerging Civil War has selected Paige Gibbons Backus as the recipient of this year’s Emory Upton Award. The Upton Award is presented to a member of the Emerging C…
ECW Honors Gary Gallagher with Award for Service in the Field of Civil War Public History
Emerging Civil War has selected Dr. Gary W. Gallagher as the 2021 recipient of the Emerging Civil War Award for Service in the Field of Civil War Public History.…
Civil War Digital
Civil War Digital During the early days of the sesquicentennial, Chet Hearn and Mike Marino started the Civil War Digital website: https:// www.civilwardigital.co…
Civil War Alphabet Quiz – R as in... October
Civil War Alphabet Quiz – R as in... October 1. Ironclad warship guarding Wilmington, N.C. 2. Union corps commander killed July 1, 1863 3. Battle on Grant’s march…
Book Reviews — October 2021
We Gave Them Thunder – Marmaduke’s Raid and the Civil War in Missouri and Kansas. By William Garrett Piston & John C. Rutherford. 2021, Ozarks Studies Institute o…
Atlanta Round Table Resumes Field Trips
Like many retired people, John Miller is as busy, if not busier, than he was when he was working. The retired civil engineer, after careers in the Navy and the De…
American Battlefield Trust — October 2021
The Trust Brings Education Efforts to the Forefront Despite amid ongoing turbulence in the time of Covid, the American Battlefield Trust succeeded in delivering i…
America in 1857
The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the print maker or artist’s goals. The decade of the 1850’s in A…
A Series of Unfortunate Events
“News was brought in that there was a small camp without pickets. And it seemed to me precisely one of those pieces of carelessness on the part of the enemy that…
43rd Annual Southeastern Civil War and Antique Gun Show
MARIETTA, Ga.—After a year’s break due to COVID-19 restrictions, the North Georgia Relic Hunters Association was able to hold its 43rd Annual Southeastern Civil W…
USCT soldier finally laid to rest
by Steve Reilly Brad Quinlin, a noted Georgia Civil War historian, called me and related the sad story of a United States Colored Trooper killed in July 1864. Bra…