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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 The 2025 Annual Conference
Figure 2. Political Caricature. No. 3. The Abolition Catastrophe/Or the November Smash-up. (Library Company of Philadelphia.) 3. 4. 5.
“I would have sold my skin for a five-cent piece!”
At about 2 o’clock, Lieut. [Gershom F.] Burgess was summoned to the Colonel’s quarters and when he came back he reported that we had received orders to march in t…
Vision and Valor The War Through Women’s Eyes
T Women Doctors in the Civil War his article highlights female doctors in the Civil War, describing fewer women than the roles typically discussed in “Vision and…
Through the Lens Does the General Expect us to Fly?
The Pipe Creek Circular: Controversies & Implications By Lloyd W. Klein
This & That CSS Florida: early Trials and Tribulations
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The Graphic War John G. Keyser, Artist Soldier for the 24th N.J.
The Graphic War John G. Keyser Artist Soldier for the 24th New Jersey The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meanin…
The Dentist, The Emperor, and the American civil war
Emperor Napoleon III of France in Coronation Robes. Artist, Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
Library of Congress Collection 10-inch Columbiad in Charleston.
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Emerging Civil War Where Has the Time Flown?
By Chris Mackowski, Ph.D. Where Has the Time Flown? Third grade. I could hardly believe it. Wearing his favorite shirt, my youngest son, Maxwell, climbed onto the…
Early Visitors to Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part I
In December 1883, twenty-one years after the Battle of from the paved roads, utility lines, and automobiles that Fredericksburg, George C. Smithe, formerly a corp…
Critic’s Corner Harwell’s “In Tall Cotton”
Critic’s o r n Harwell’s e In Tall Cotton r By Stephen Davis
Civil War Book Reviews
Book Reviews Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with timely analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact e…
American Digger’s Antique
Antique Militaria & Americana Show
American Battlefield Trust — November-December 2025
New Virtual Driving Tour of Vicksburg Transports Viewers for an Overview of the 47-Day Siege Adding to its ever-growing video arsenal, the Trust has launched the…
A Few Thoughts on Military Hospitals
Private William Roberts, Co. A, 14th Regiment North Carolina Troops, spent his fair share of time in military hospitals. Wounded in the right hand at Sharpsburg,…
47th Annual Southeastern Civil War and Antique Gun Show
The North Georgia Relic Hunters Association held its 47th Annual Southeastern Civil War and Antique Gun Show on August 9-10, 2025. The show was held at the Cobb C…
Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
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USS Hartford “He Died for Me”
d r o f t r a USS H Seaport n r e h t u o S n i d n E Met Ignoble gsegger By Bob Rue
Through the Lens One of the Fiercest Fights
“They Swear a Big Oath”
The Graphic War Andersonville
The Graphic War Andersonville The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artist’s goals.
The Belgian Musket in the Civil War
There were many European smoothbore muskets (manufacturers), in Liege during the War. The Belgian gunin use on both sides early in the U.S. Civil War. In maker’s…
Retesting Your General Knowledge
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Phil Sheridan’s Widow Her Campaign to Protect His Memory
“I Would Rather be Phil Sheridan’s Widow” Irene Sheridan’s Campaign to Protect Her Husband’s Memory