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From The Lowcountry — August 2019
Peggy and I attended the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association’s 46th annual Civil War Show the last weekend of June. Thank you to everyone who came by…
Eye in the Sky
“A hawk hovering above a chicken yard could not have caused more commotion than did my balloons when they appeared before Yorktown, [Va.].” – Professor Thaddeus L…
Exploding Walkers, .31 caliber mold and Rebel Henrys
I know a guy who uses a reproduction Colt. 44 caliber Walker six gun for plinking and wild hog hunting. The gun has performed reliably for him over a number of ye…
Events Section — August 2019
Deadlines for Advertising, Editorial or Events Submissions is the 20th of each month. We strive to add all events submitted to us but do not guarantee that your e…
Emerging Civil War — August 2019
On June 16, 1885, as the dying Ulysses S. Grant made his way northward toward his rendezvous with destiny atop Mt. McGregor in upstate NY, he rode in a private tr…
Confederate Statue Rededicated at a New Location
WHITE’S FERRY, MD—The three-year-old controversy over a Confederate soldier statue in Rockville, Md., has been resolved, with each side gaining at least part of w…
Civil War News Military Recognition
For the November issue, we will recognize subscribers that are currently in the military and those that have served their country. Please send in your name, branc…
Book Reviews — August 2019
Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with timely analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact Stephen Davis,…
Betcha haven’t seen this one!
Francis Trevelyan Miller’s Photographic Views of the Civil War (1911), vol. 3, p. 135; Lamont Buchanan, A Pictorial History of the Confederacy (1951), p. 243; Wil…
American Battlefield Trust Honors Battlefield Preservation Champions at Annual Conference
American Battlefield Trust Honors Battlefield Preservation Champions at Annual Conference National nonprofit recognizes outstanding leaders dedicated to preservin…
Tweaking Clio’s Nose: Ward Moore’s Bring the Jubilee
I think I learned the word funky from Rockford (James Garner) back in the ‘70s. Well, something definitely funky is going on when one reads the first sentence of…
The U.S. M1858 Cadet Rifle Musket
The U.S. M1858 Cadet Rifle Musket The topic of this article was recently suggested by one of my customers. I appreciate the suggestion and welcome them from the r…
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post Beginning print in 1821 out of Philadelphia, on the same press Benjamin Franklin used to rollout his The Pennsylvania Gazette in 1728, t…
Sharpshooters
Sharpshooters While there are serious and legitimate disputed interpretations and reinterpretations of history, the past, especially in the popular view, has prod…
Mississippi was in our hands
Mississippi was in our hands In May 1862, seven weeks after Shiloh, the Confederates were compelled to evacuate Corinth, Miss. Four months later they tried to tak…
Haversack
Haversack As soon as we had stacked arms, I left for the city to replenish my haversack, which had become rather flat…On entering town I passed by the abandoned C…
Emerging Civil War — July 2019
From the Editor To the east, a full moon is about to lift itself above the horizon. Already, the thin cloud cover glows with pregnant light, signaling an imminent…
Artillery Hauls
Artillery Hauls Quick! What was the largest single-event capture of enemy artillery pieces in the entire Civil War? The answer may surprise you…. Here, based on m…
42nd Annual Ohio Civil War Show Continues to Keep History Alive
MANSFIELD, Ohio—Guests were very pleased and commented about the many rare displays and memorabilia on display; “ I’ve never seen so many rifles and weapons at on…
USS Keystone State in the Civil War
USS Keystone State in the Civil War By Joan Wenner, J.D. “Everything is Ours Now” …Union soldier to North Carolinian who pleaded to save her Family Bible Toward t…
The “Raphael” Revolver
The “Raphael” Revolver It is interesting to note that the three most advanced, self-contained metallic cartridge handguns to see use during the American Civil War…
The Confederate Roll of Honor: Not quite a medal or a badge, but…
The Confederate Roll of Honor: Not quite a medal or a badge, but… Publisher’s note: Last month Steve Davis reported on a Confederate Medal of Honor recently besto…
The CVBT and me
The CVBT and me By Robert Lee Hodge Is there any chance you will be here in October?—Scott [Fitzgerald] and I have got a grand tour of the Virginia battlefields p…
Snuff
Snuff “Most of the Southern women chew tobacco or ‘dip snuff’ as they call it.”– Thomas P. Nanzig, From Shiloh to Surrender with the 18th Wisconsin The differing…