The Archive
All Articles
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.
The Parker-Hale Enfield
While the history of the American Civil War is an area of great interest to hobby participants there is also a historical piece to the reenactment hobby itself da…
Richmond Burning
The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and most importantly, the print maker or artist’s goals. To every Ci…
Patriotism and Necessity: The Use of Homespun in the Southern U.S. during the American Civil War, 1860–1865
Written by Annette Bethke, based on the research of Vicki Betts “Ackworth [sic], Ga., June 9, 1864 Editors Chicago Tribune: The accompanying song is from a letter…
News Briefs — April 2020
Kearny Statue In Peril It seems popular opinion today is to rid this country of all things Confederate. Now, however, there are many in the New Jersey State Senat…
Meet Mike Greenfield: CVBT’s Lands Manager
Mike Greenfield volunteers as Lands Manager for Central Virginia Battlefields Trust after a career with the National Park Service. Over the last couple of months,…
Letters to the Editor — April 2020
To The Editor: Regarding the article entitled Stuart shields retreat from Gettysburg by Carl Sell Jr. which I found both enjoyable and enlightening, I would like…
Into the Valley of Death: Lt. Horatio D. Yeager and the 153rd Pennsylvania at Gettysburg
By Daniel Glenn It was a crisp day in September 1889 when a procession of Union veterans and assorted spectators ascended a small incline called Blocher’s Knoll o…
Identified Knife / Fork Combination
Dear John: I am writing seeking assistance about how to discover the value of a Civil War era folding knife. I have included some photos of the knife and the hist…
Gettysburg Foundation Plans to Renovate the Rupp House
by Elle Lamboy Gettysburg Foundation As the American Civil War creeps further into the corners of our history, there is an increasing concern that its significanc…
From The Lowcountry — April 2020
If you are publisher or author and want to submit your book for review, please email [email protected] to make sure that your publication meets the eli…
Former U.S. Congressmen Henry Shaw Was Killed in Civil War Combat
Colonel Henry Marchmore Shaw had the dubious distinction of being one of the few former congressmen killed in combat during the Civil War. Henry Shaw was born in…
Emerging Civil War — April 2020
Chris Mackowski From the Editor Even in the summer, with plenty of green around and the fields sown, the Slaughter Pen Farm at Fredericksburg can feel like a wide…
Digitized Civil War Maps at the National Archives
Roads the Army of the Tennessee took while approaching Atlanta. In January this year, the National Archives announced release of digitized maps from US File Unit…
Confederate Purchased British Pattern 1856 Cavalry Carbines
The best possible description of the British Pattern 1856 cavalry carbine is that it was a compromise; a carbine that no one wanted, and yet was the only logical…
Civil War Events — April 2020
The General Barton Stovall History & Heritage Association will be holding their 19th annual Congress in Cartersville, Georgia. The event features two days of batt…
Civil War Alphabet Quiz - B
Civil War Alphabet Quiz - B 1. This Mississippi general led his brigade through Union lines at Gettysburg but was slain. 2. This Union general invented a series o…
Book Reviews — April 2020
Getting to know the Troup Artillery Sons of Tom Cobb: Troup Artillery, Athens, Georgia. By William Sidney Smedlund. Maps, illustrations, appendices, bibliography,…
American Battlefield Trust In The News
The American Battlefield Trust has no shortage of exciting programs on the horizon for this spring! Whether you are looking for volunteer opportunities, partnersh…
A Terrible Blunder
“… You had better get away from here quick. The Texans are whipping our men in the canyon like hell, have driven them nearly through the canyon and pretty soon wi…
3rd NC Cavalry—North-South Skirmish Association
The companies of this regiment were in the field as early as August 1861. They served on independent duty as scouts and pickets from the Cape Fear River in North…
![“I have it Verry [sic] Nice Here”](/article-images/cwn-2020-march/cwn-2020-march-i-have-it-verry-sic-nice-here-01.jpg)
“I have it Verry [sic] Nice Here”
John Seth Smith (1829–1922) joined Company B, 5th New York Cavalry in August 1862. Promoted to corporal, he was discharged April 25, 1864, due to a gunshot wound…
Winter Camp: 37th Massachusetts
The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and most importantly, the print maker or artist’s goals. The 37th Ma…
The Walch Pocket Revolver— The Gun That Almost Put Oliver Winchester Out of the Gun Business!
On February 8, 1859, John Walch of New York City received United States Patent #22,905 for a somewhat unique revolver that fired superimposed loads from its cylin…
The UCV Library of the Southern Cause
Of the more than 50 national reunions held by the United Confederate Veterans, the 6th Reunion in Richmond, Va., during the summer of 1896, may have been one of t…