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News Briefs — June 2019
CANFIELD, Ohio—On April 8, 2019, renowned historian and author A. Wilson Greene was honored as the first recipient of the Hugh G. Earnhart Civil War Scholarship A…
Match The Number With The Letter
Match The Number With The Letter Numbers 1. Bohemian Brigade 2. Quaker gun 3. Shoddy 4. Invalid Corps 5. Marye’s Heights 6. Whistling Dick 7. Corduroy road 8. Fre…
Lincoln Forum Announces Roster For 2019 Symposium: “The Leader. The War. The Legacy: Lincoln At 210”
Lincoln Forum Announces Roster For 2019 Symposium: “The Leader. The War. The Legacy: Lincoln At 210” Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss to Deliver November…
Kristina Heister acting superintendent at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site
GETTYSBURG, Penn.— Kristina Heister has arrived as the acting superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site. She will…
Identified 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers Cross-Belt-Plate
Identified 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers Cross-Belt-Plate By Shannon Pritchard In 1851, the Virginia legislature made an attempt at forming regiments of volunt…
George Washington and the Impending Crisis
This column highlights prints from the Civil War, discusses their meaning, and most importantly, details what the print maker or artist was trying to achieve. If…
General Sherman Never Gets Drunk (The Battle of Rocky Face Ridge –Part 2)
General Sherman Never Gets Drunk (The Battle of Rocky Face Ridge –Part 2) “Well, Mac, you have missed the opportunity of your life.” – William T. Sherman The firs…
General Court-Martial Proceedings
From the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion By Joan Wenner, J.D. She has a special interest in Civil War Courts Martials and Courts of Inquiry. The Cour…
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper A name without a face, a battlefield absent terrain features, or accounts of pivotal events, all created confusion when readi…
Fort Monroe National Monument Hosts Garrison Life Living History Event
Fort Monroe National Monument Hosts Garrison Life Living History Event By Bob Ruegsegger Scores of living historians and reenactors from New York to Georgia, asse…
Events Section — June 2019
Before making plans to attend any event contact the event host. Deadlines for Advertising, Editorial or Events Submissions is the 20th of each month. We strive to…
Emerging Civil War — June 2019
Since remarrying five years ago, I’ve lived on the edge of the Chancellorsville battlefield but continued to teach at St. Bonaventure University. Online classes h…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust 2019 Annual Conference
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust 2019 Annual Conference By Tom Van Winkle The Central Virginia Battlefields Trust held their 22nd Annual Conference April 5th t…
Center for the Study of the Civil War Era
Center for the Study of the Civil War Era The chocolate chips have become a tradition. As the bus rolled homeward, south on Interstate 75 from the northwest Georg…
Book Reviews — June 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,…
Allen Tate’s Stonewall Jackson: The Good Soldier (1928)
Most readers wishing to bone up on Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, or check on a specific fact about his life, will probably turn first to James I. Robert…
A Rifle-Musket, A New Mold and a Caution
A Rifle-Musket, A New Mold and a Caution My Favorite Firearm If I were asked to choose my favorite firearm among the many I own, there is no doubt I would instant…
154th Anniversary of Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox
154th Anniversary of Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox By Professor Earnest Veritas Special Correspondent to – Eastern Theater – The 154th anniversary of the surrende…
“A Note On Privateers”
April issue’s “Through the Lens” including some discussion on legitimate privateers versus high seas robbers was surely very interesting to many readers. Not all…
We’ll Eat Your Mules Up (The Battle of Rocky Face Ridge – Part 1)
“The U.S. have the means of collecting two great armies— here & in Virginia. Our government thinks they can raise but one, that of course in Virginia.” – C.S. Gen…
The SCV Confederate Medal of Honor
On February 23, Col. Hume R. Feild (1834–1921) became the sixty-fourth veteran of the War Between the States to be bestowed the Confederate Medal of Honor. The mo…
The French Perrin Revolver
It is interesting to note that the three most advanced self-contained, metallic cartridge revolvers to see use during the American Civil War were all French desig…
The First of May 1865 or Genl. Moving Day in Richmond, Va.
This occasional column highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War. It discusses their meaning and most importantly, the goals of the print maker or arti…
The Civil War is Alive Today (A Story about Adele Miller)
The United States recently completed a four year cycle commemorating the 150th anniversary of the American Civil. This seems like long ago, particularly to Americ…