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Anesthesia Before and During the Civil War
Mock surgery procedure with anesthetist administering anesthesia to a Union soldier while the surgeon examines his leg.
America Battlefield Trust
Trust Launches Historic $125 Million Battlefield Preservation Campaign In recognition of the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday, the Trust has launched the most amb…
A Regiment Doomed from the Start Spared & Shared
Southwest view of Burnside’s Bridge across the Antietam creek. (Library of Congress)
This & That Forty Year’s Worth of Artifacts
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The Unfinished Fight Charles Derudio
Aquestion arose about whether past indiscretions might prevent someone otherwise qualified from serving in the U.S. military during the Civil War. An individual w…
The Graphic War Imagining Emancipation
The Graphic War Imagining Emancipation The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War discussing their meaning and the printmaker or artist’…
The Columbus Belmont Battlefield Through the Lens
That Old Yell We Had Learned To Know So Well By Stephanie Hagiwara
The Columbus Belmont Battlefield
On September 3, 1861, Confederate army units under the command of General Leonidas Polk invaded Kentucky, and occupied bluffs above the Mississippi River at Colum…
Spared & Shared
By William Griffing We are thrilled to welcome William J. Griffing to Civil War News with his new column, Shared & Spared. Known for his dedication to preserving…
Interview with Harold Holzer
Interview with Harold Holzer Interviewed by Jonathan W. White Harold Holzer is the Jonathan F. Fanton Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at H…
In Memoriam – Mort Künstler
Mort Künstler once said in an interview that he would prefer to be remembered as a great athlete, but he had to settle for being hailed as America’s most prominen…
Fighting for the Forts The War Before The War
Fort Pulaski showing the effect of Union artillery. (Jack W. Melton Jr.)
Emerging Civil War Civil War to Civil Rights in Montgomery, Ala.
From Civil War to Civil Rights in Montgomery, Alabama
Critic’s Corner The Civil War: A Narrative Volume Three
Critic’s o r n e r
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…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust Drawn to War: Sketch Artists in the Civil War
Drawn to War: Sketch Artists and the Civil War In Central Virginia
Behind the Lines
If Winston Churchill really originated all the famous quotations attributed to him, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations would be called Churchill’s. One expression oft…
American Battlefield Trust — May-June 2025
At Brown’s Ferry and Chattanooga, the Trust is aiming to preserve 31 acres where intact Civil War-era earthworks on an adjacent preserved tract continue into this…
America Battlefield Trust Preserve. Educate. Inspire.
Sallie the Dog and the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteers By Richard C. Saylor
A view from Columbus Park across the Mississippi River at the Belmont Battlefield.
On November 7, 1861, Grant loaded the 22nd Illinois, 27th Illinois, 30th Illinois, 31st Illinois and 7th Iowa onto six steamboats, and escorted by the gunboats US…
“Behold A Pale Horse” Captain Winston J.T. Stephens and the St. Johns
“Behold A Pale Horse” Confederate Captain Winston J.T. Stephens and the St. Johns Rangers in Northeast Florida By William J. Stier
Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
“Armed with Needles” By Juanita Leisch Jensen
The Unfinished Fight
THE UNFINISHED FIGHT: ARMY BEANS By Craig L. Barry
The Graphic War Dodging the Draft: Offering a Substitute, A
“Satan tempting Booth to the Murder of the President.” (Library of Congress)