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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.
Ed Bearss Chooses His Favorite Civil War Books
By Dorothy Partridge Special Corespondent to Edwin Cole Bearss is the Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service. He has remarked on his favorite Civil…
ECW’s Chris Mackowski Favorite Civil War Books
Chris Mackowski In alphabetical order: The Civil War: A Narrative (1958) by Shelby Foote— Historians take issue with Foote’s storytelling, but as he admitted, he…
Confederate Soldier with P-56 Enfield Rifle
Confederate Soldier with P-56 Enfield Rifle Here is an image of a Confederate soldier, well outfitted with what appears to be a matching jacket and trousers for h…
Classic Books on Civil War Firearms
Classic Books on Civil War Firearms Since November is the Civil War News annual book review issue, publisher Jack Melton suggested that I nominate some classic Ci…
Civil War History Comes to Life in Genesee Country Village
Civil War History Comes to Life in Genesee Country Village By Joseph Bordonaro Imagine, if you will, traveling back in time to 1862. You find yourself in a small…
Civil War Events — November 2018
Olde Colony Civil War Round Table’s annual Jubilee Dinner at the Chateau located at 48 Bay Road, Norton, Mass. The featured speaker will be Tom Clemens PhD, histo…
Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain This occasional column highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War. It discusses their meaning and most importantly, the…
Capturing Old Sherman
Capturing Old Sherman “The government pays me to fight not surrender.” – U.S. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman On Sunday, Oct. 11, 1863, U.S. Gen. William T. Sherman…
Boyle & Gamble Knife
Boyle & Gamble Knife Dear John: I was hoping to get an appraisal, an opinion, or a reference. If this is an authentic object, I was very curious about the lipped…
Books and Libraries in Camp and Battle
Books and Libraries in Camp and Battle We know what we read (or would like to read), but what did Civil War soldiers read? To get at the answers, I turned to Davi…
Bookish
Bookish Two decades ago, I wrote an essay for a book edited by Steven E. Woodworth, The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research (Greenwood Press…
Book Reviews — November 2018
How Officers’ Decisions Shaped a Key Battle Decisions at Stones River: The Sixteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle. By Matt and Lee Spruill. Photograph…
Antique Bowie Knife Association Show in Ohio
Antique Bowie Knife Association Show in Ohio By John Sexton, ABKA-life member - co-author of Confederate Bowie Knives The Antique Bowie Knife Association (ABKA) h…
An Identified Civil War Period Shotgun
An Identified Civil War Period Shotgun It is the history of a given weapon that captures the passion of most antique arms collectors. Some collectors are fixated…
A Special Exchange
A Special Exchange The young Georgian enlisted as a private in Co. D, 15th Georgia Infantry six days before the First Battle of Manassas. Two months later he tran…
Who Shot General Mansfield? A Civil War Historian’s Search for Answers
The 10th Maine Regiment of Volunteers crossed a plowed field as they shifted their column to a line of battle on Sept. 17, 1862. Some soldiers fell from heavy fir…
What is Halsey Worth? The Sale and Resale of a Connecticut Civil War Soldier’s Legacy
When he died at the hands of a Confederate sharpshooter on the picket line at Bermuda Hundred, Va., on June 17, 1864, Private Halsey M. Bartlett of East Killingly…
USS Monitor Dahlgren Gun Conservation Continues
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The Mariners’ Museum & Park’s much-acclaimed Monitor Center is the official repository of artifacts from the famous ironclad since retrieval of…
Two More Louisville Statues Are Exiled
On August 8, 2018, Louisville, Ky., Mayor Greg Fisher announced that two more politically incorrect statues would be removed from the streets of Louisville to an…
The New York Times and Its Use of Gatling Guns During the Draft Riots: Fact or Fiction?
One fascinating tidbit of Civil War lore maintains that New York Times publisher Henry J. Raymond obtained three recently-invented “mitrailleuses,” a new type of…
The Defender of Cincinnati
Colonels, I knew, were becoming generals every day, but I had yet to hear of generals dropping back into colonels. – U.S. Gen. Lew Wallace On Sept. 3, 1861, Lewis…
Silver Linings: The Beauregard Monument Time Capsule
I suppose if there could said to have been anything positive regarding the recent removal of the Beauregard monument just outside New Orleans City Park (May 2018)…
Our Heroes and Our Flags
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…
News Briefs — October 2018
Maine Monument Effort Continues at 3rd Winchester The ongoing effort to establish a permanent monument to Maine’s Civil War soldiers who fought in 1864 Shenandoah…