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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.
Tubman’s Raiders
“Pass the Bearer, Harriet Tubman, to Beaufort [S.C.] and back to this place, and wherever she wishes to go, and give her free passage at all times.” – U.S. Gen. D…
The President Addresses Congress
On May 2, 1864, President Jefferson Davis spoke to the opening session of the Second Confederate Congress. He addressed a number of issues facing the country, sav…
The Library of Congress Collection — May 2018
United States Military Academy cadets. Photographed by Andrew J. Russell, probably at West Point, sometime between 1861 and 1865. Most of the general officers fro…
St. Luke’s Church in Isle of Wight County Offers Civil War Weekend
For over three centuries, St. Luke’s Church in Isle of Wight County near Smithfield, Va., has been a religious beacon in Southeastern Virginia. Stained-glass wind…
Roundtable News — May 2018
CHICAGO, Ill.—Professor Larry Hewitt engaged The Chicago Civil War Round Table at its 769th Regular Meeting on Feb. 23, 2018, on Confederate General Richard Heron…
Revolvers and Revolvers
One thing I neglected to mention in my Civil War revolver rant last month is that yes (and I have mentioned it in the past), there was one branch of service that…
RB Barrel Mark
There was a recent discussion on one of the Civil War forums about a Birmingham manufactured (Tower marked) Pattern 1853 (P53) with the initials RB marked on the…
PhotoShopping: 19th Century Style Part II
This occasional column highlights prints from the Civil War. It will discuss their meaning and most importantly, what the print maker or artist was trying to achi…
New Battle at Bentonville?
RALEIGH, N.C—In August of 2017, an online commenter inquired of the Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of N.C. Press, “When does the commission plan on re…
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: War Papers (MOLLUS)
As a refresher from last month, the first two volumes of the Broadfoot 1990s reprint set, unnumbered, consist of ‘Biographical Sketches of Contributors,’ and ‘Com…
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR: Hi Jack, My thanks to you and your staff for sending me several copies of the April 2018 Civil War News featuring the Kettle Creek Preservation sto…
Huge Crowd Proves Americans Still Love Their Antique Weapons
Representatives from the NRA and Fort Ligonier, including “General George Washington,” with the Washington-Lafayette Pistols. (Becky Ashway) The 64th anniversary…
Confederate “Double Barreled” Guns
Rarely does a military artifact provide a concrete identification to where and when it was used, and a direct tie to the regiment that used it during the course o…
Confederate Necessities are the Mother of Invention
Front of the M1851 sword belt plate with applied silver wreath. The belt plate shown here is common; it is a Model 1851 U.S. Sword Belt Plate. What is uncommon an…
Confederate Cannoneers, Infantry, & Cavalry Can a Clad: The Sinking of the Ironclad USS Eastport
During the spring of 1864, Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and his counterpart U.S. Navy Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter traveled in tandem northward up Louisi…
Civil War Events May – July
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…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust Preserves Significant Spotsylvania Battlefield Land
May 7, 1864, after intense fighting in the Wilderness, both Generals Lee and Grant faced each other, neither having accomplished their goals. Grant failed to dest…
Book Reviews — May 2018
Suppliers to the Confederacy Volume Three: British and European Imported Quartermaster Goods, Artillery and Other Ordnance. By Craig L. Barry & David C. Burt. Ill…
6th NC Belt Buckle
Dear Mr. Sexton: I recently recovered a “6th Inf / NC. S.T.” Belt Plate in Forsyth County, N.C., Feb. 20, 2018. I would like to know more about this relic and wha…
15th Annual Civil War Preservation Ball
HARRISBURG, Pa.—The 15th Annual Civil War Preservation Ball was held in the rotunda of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg on Saturday, March 10. The…
Women in War: The Role of Women in America’s Wars
Born in Massachusetts in 1821, Clara Harlowe Barton was the youngest of five children. Barton supplemented her early education with practical experience, working…
The Pattern 1851 Minié Rifle in Confederate Service
The Pattern 1851 Minié Rifle is one of the least often encountered of all general issue British military percussion long arms. The gun was the first rifled percus…
The Lincoln Group of New York Confers its “Award of Achievement”
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Lincoln Group of New York, an organization dedicated to studying the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, has conferred its 2017 Award of Achieve…
Six-gun Shooting and Historical Myths
Loading and Firing the Cap and Ball Six-gun The open framed Colt Army and Navy models were the most popular percussion revolvers used in the Civil War. Although t…