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West Point
West Point The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and most importantly, the print maker or artist’s goals.…
USS Monitor’s Dahlgren Guns Continue Undergoing Conservation at Monitor Center
Continue Undergoing Conservation at Monitor Center by Bob Ruegsegger The USS Monitor’s two XIinch Dahlgren shell guns continue to undergo conservation at the Batt…
Thirty Minutes of Bloody Excitement
Thirty Minutes of Bloody Excitement Personal Accounts of Two Officers Who Faced Each Other From Opposite Sides of a Great Battlefield by Roger Semplak and Marc Ra…
The Study’s Of Gettysburg
The Study’s Of Gettysburg by Mike Shovlin In this current time period of watching how individuals react to the change of their lifestyles, jobs and lack of basic…
Southern Dead at Gettysburg
Southern Dead at Gettysburg by Sue Boardman The Gettysburg National Cemetery is an important part of any visitor’s experience on the battlefield. It is sobering t…
Some thoughts on the Henry
Some thoughts on the Henry In the years following the Civil War, a lot of folklore regarding small arms became part of the American story. One of these tales, reg…
Pandemic affects history profession in multitude of ways
Pandemic affects history profession in multitude of ways by Chris Mackowski Canceled talks, postponed tours, lost book sales, closed facilities, Civil War histori…
Ohio Private at Gettysburg Receives Medal of Honor
Ohio Private at Gettysburg Receives Medal of Honor by Joan Wenner, J.D. Ohio soldiers were said to have fought well at Gettysburg. Included with monuments to the…
News Briefs — July 2020
most recent book, Inglorious Passages: Noncombat Deaths in the American Civil War, has also drawn acclaim. In addition, Dr. Wills has authored articles and book r…
Lincoln vs. McClellan, 1864
Lincoln vs. McClellan, 1864 According to the Franklin Repository, Chambersburg’s Republican newspaper, the presidential contest in 1864 presented a clear choice t…
Letters to the Editor — July 2020
TO THE EDITOR: Joe Bilby and his “Black Powder; White Smoke” column continues to be my first read with each new issue. He always manages to come up with interesti…
July 6, 1863 Clashes at Hagerstown and Williamsport Chronicled
July 6, 1863 Clashes at Hagerstown and Williamsport Chronicled by Carl L. Sell Jr. Not enough has been written about it, but the Civil War cavalry activities in a…
Isaac Hollis & Sons (formerly Hollis & Sheath)
Isaac Hollis & Sons (formerly Hollis & Sheath) The English Gun Trade has families that overlap and intertwine over the course of the decades, and in some cases ce…
In Memoriam to Homer “Mac” McArthur Cole
In Memoriam to Homer “Mac” McArthur Cole “Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.” – Stonewall Jackson’s last words. On May 11, 2020, H…
Gettysburg Tourism: 50% Open
Gettysburg Tourism: 50% Open by Leon Reed The reopening of Gettysburg will be a welcome change for merchants, unemployed workers, and people wanting to visit, but…
Gettysburg Foundation Appoints Five New Members to Board of Directors and New Chair of the Board
GETTYSBURG, Pa.—At its May meeting, the Gettysburg Foundation Board of Directors welcomed five new Directors, honored three Directors with emeritus status, and ap…
From The Lowcountry — July 2020
This year we did not publish a separate Gettysburg section due to the cancellation of all of the events in Gettysburg and the COVID-19 impact on the town. Instead…
Everything Looks Bright for Us
Mary Louise Thompson Head Qrs. 2nd Division, 23rd A. C. Camp near Mosely Hall, N.C.2 April 1st, 1865 Long after I had written you my usual daily letter last night…
Emerging Civil War — July 2020
America’s defining event. Thank YOU for getting us this far. Here’s to the many more stories that lie ahead for all of us. — Chris Mackowski, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chie…
Confederate Cook & Brother Rifles
The Confederate long arms produced by the firm of Cook & Brother are some of the best made and most sought after guns produced in the South during the American Ci…
Civil War Alphabet Quiz - E
1. General Lee’s bald, “bad old man” 2. John B. Hood first led the Texas Brigade in this 1862 Virginia battle 3. The other name for the Battle of Pea Ridge 4. The…
Book Reviews — July 2020
Gettysburg Guides’ Book Offers Focused, Thorough Narrative of Peach Orchard Fight Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the “C…
Amid The Shriek Of Death
Amid The Shriek Of Death “Ah!” said I to a friend, “how is it possible you live here?” “After one is accustomed to the change,” she answered, “we do not mind it;…
“We few we precious few, we band of brothers” Maryland Confederate Soldiers by the Numbers
For the last forty years I have been a serious student of Maryland’s Civil War history with equal enthusiasm for both the state’s Union and Confederate soldiers.…