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Disgrace and Betrayal in Mississippi
On a wintry December morning, General Benjamin Grierson led 3,500 cavalry troopers out of Memphis into Mississippi to destroy the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and cut…
Civil War Documents Preserved
This summer I was asked by a friend, Mary Hogan of Issaquah, Washington state, to assess and find a suitable repository for a sizable collection of Civil War docu…
Civil War Alphabet Quiz – J as in...
“Fool Tom” or “old blue light” This battle precipitated the “fall of Atlanta” Official name of the iron clad first named Muscogee Confederate Army commander kille…
Book Reviews — February 2021
Counties.” Governor Morton the Constitution in our current What of the designation of home viewed the southern half of the war on terror, conclusions about grown,…
Blue and Gray Education Society Donates Historical Signage for Fort Branch
HAMILTON, N.C.—Saturday, November 28, saw the fulfillment of over two years of effort, running through the idea, then planning, and finally the installation of si…
American Battlefield Trust — February 2021
Humbled by Support, the Trust Reflects Upon a Year of Accomplishments Without a doubt, 2020 was a tumultuous year marked by uncertainty in many sectors. Despite h…
Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer Army Revolvers
The Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer Army percussion revolver was manufactured in rather limited quantities, with production estimated by most published arms histor…
Action Needed to Protect Millions of Rare Gettysburg Artifacts
Pennsylvania’s Adams County Historical Society launches multimillion-dollar campaign to build state-of-theart facility to protect irreplaceable relics GETTYSBURG,…
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“Show [the Copperheads] No Mercy”
By Bruce Allardice and Wayne Wolf Newly discovered letters of a Union navy engineer shed light on the last days of the War and the reaction to Lincoln’s assassina…
Wadsworth Memorial on Wilderness Battlefield
Wadsworth Memorial on Wilderness Battlefield by Peter R. Kolakowski If you’re driving along Orange Plank Road, just west of the historic Brock Road intersection d…
Tin Cups vs Muckets
A common feature of Civil War living history is a larger tin vessel loosely referred to as a “mucket.” The term seems to originate as a portmanteau of “mug” and “…
The Legacy of CD Schubarth’s M1861 Musket Contract
The Legacy of CD Schubarth’s M1861 Musket Contract During the course of the American Civil War a large number of contracts were let by the Ordnance Department to…
The Language of Life
The Language of Life by Richard Blumberg Did music play a role in the American Civil War? John Stewart of the Kingston Trio and Cumberland Three replies, “Music w…
Student Research at Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute Fueled by Commitment and Donations of Letters and Images
Student Research at Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute Fueled by Commitment and Donations of Letters and Images by Jonathan A. Noyalas Director…
Sixth Street Wharf
Sixth Street Wharf The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the print maker or artist’s goals. The Sixth…
Publishers Note:
Publishers Note: Since we decided to begin mailing copies of Civil War News inside a polybag with a cover sheet starting with the November 2020 issue, we are deli…
Lincoln Forum Hosts Online Conference
by Leon Reed Special to Civil War News Like many other organizations sponsoring conferences, tours, festivals, parades, and other in-person activities, the Lincol…
Letters to the Editor — January 2021
Letters to the Editor LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kudos to Civil War News for its Expanded November Book Issue. What a treat to read so many Top 10 Civil War Book Lists…
Henry 200 Year Commemorative
by Joe Bilby Henry 200 Year Commemorative American rifle and shotgun manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms is commemorating Benjamin Tyler Henry’s 200th birthday with…
Harper’s Weekly Index
Harper’s Weekly Index [The first two paragraphs, edited from the February 2017 edition of this column, will set the stage for the index under study.] Visualizing…
Grave marker for Gettysburg post-battle casualty installed
by Leon Reed Bruce Davis, chair of the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable and historians Tim Smith and Fred Hawthorne spoke at a brief November 21 ceremony in Gettys…
Gordon’s Flank Attack in the Wilderness
In his memoirs Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon devoted a chapter to the second day of the Battle of the Wilderness. Nearly all the 19page discussion is allotted to his o…
From The Lowcountry — January 2021
As the publishers and owners of Civil War News, we would like to thank everyone for your contributions to the polybag issue upgrade. We are overwhelmed by the gen…
Emerging Civil War — January 2021
From the Editor I watched a flock of birds fly overheard this evening, the crescent moon setting behind them, chasing the sun toward the horizon. A jet, somewhere…