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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.
A French Breechloading Carbine in the Confederacy?
My friend Skip Riddle, who lives in North Carolina and has a special interest in all aspects of the battle of New Bern, sends me firearm related newspaper excerpt…
U.S. 1861 Clean-out Screw
More black powder muskets have been ruined by neglect than all other reasons combined. Cleaning and oiling your musket is necessary to both preserve it and to con…
There Are Two Sides To The Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Story
The Small Talk quiz in the November issue of Civil War News brought up once again the confusing story of the “poor country doctor who was sent to prison in 1865,…
The “Windsor” Enfield
In 1853, the British Board of Ordnance adopted a revolutionary new reduced caliber, rifled long arm for general issue to the British military. While still a muzzl…
Spiller & Burr
Dear John: I found the gun on Facebook Market Place. I went and met the guy at Waffle House in Oxford, Ala. We took the gun inside Waffle House to look at it. I o…
Small Talk — January 2018
Prominent figures in the war said and wrote lots, and some of their statements have become famous quotations. Or, at least, the figures themselves have become fam…
Save Camp Letterman
When Gen. Robert E. Lee left Gettysburg on July 4, 1863, with the Army of Northern Virginia, he was forced to leave soldiers who were too severely wounded to be m…
Richmond Civil War Show & Sale News
RICHMOND, Va.—The 37th Annual Capital of the Confederacy Show, sponsored by the Central Virginia Civil War Collectors Association and Mike Kent & Associates, was…
Reenactment to Support Fort Branch
HAMILTON, N.C.—A recent Civil War News article reported on damage that Fort Branch, Hamilton, N.C., has suffered largely as a result of riverine erosion. Other ca…
Pedersoli Products, Color Casehardening, Sharpshooters, Whitworths
A Youtube video of interest to black powder shooters, particularly those of an “originalist” bent, would be the demonstration of Pedersoli’s new “Gibbs Short Rang…
N.C. Town Remembers Potter’s Raid
With Pitt County’s proximity to Federal controlled areas of Eastern North Carolina, it experienced numerous encounters and clashes between the warring factions in…
Longstreet Society Seminar: The Valley Forge of the Civil War
In most annals of the war, Longstreet moved east after failing to take Fort Sanders, thereby driving Burnside’s army out of Knoxville, Tenn. The narratives say Lo…
Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer’s Oration at the 154th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
Some three score and seven miles from this spot—in Washington—stands a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Not that one; another one: Thomas Ball’s statue of Lincoln as a…
Lincoln Forum Presents Achievement Awards
Annual Lincoln Forum Achievement Awards To Ron Chernow, Friends Of Lincoln Collection Of Indiana GETTYSBURG, Penn.—The Lincoln Forum has presented its coveted ann…
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR: Earlier this year, I sent in a Letter to the Editor offering some constructive criticism of the content of Civil War News. I must say that your Nov…
Harvard Senior’s Death at Antietam: ‘Known But to be Loved’
On the morning of the bloodiest day of the Civil War, in a battle in which more than 130 soldiers in his 13th Massachusetts would become casualties, Samuel Shelto…
Gettysburg’s Remembrance Day Parade
Wet, but without a incident in spite of threats! Photo collage by Charlie J. Bury Jr.
Garry Adelman Honored With Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Award in Massachusetts
The Civil War Roundtable of Central Massachusetts sponsored Garry Adelman for the 2017 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Award, presented by the CWRTCM and Boston Roundta…
Franklin Civil War Show & Sale Huge Success!
FRANKLIN, Tenn.—The 31st Annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show (also known as The Franklin Show) scored big again this year to cement its reputation as the natio…
Fort Sumter–Fort Moultrie Adopt-A-Cannon Celebration
CHARLESTON, S.C.—On Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, a celebration was held at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor to recognize a major gift of $200,000 to preserve six of the…
First Annual Symposium on the War
Saturday, February 3, 2018 During the Dalton Civil War Show NW GA Trade Center, Dalton, Georgia Mike Kent Shows’ popular Dalton Civil War Show draws thousands of…
Fighting Was Our Business
“I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game” – Abraham Lincoln At the start of the Civil War, Kentucky declared its neutrality. By Sept…
Evacuating the Stockade and the Asylum
I am at a loss to know where to send the prisoners from Florence. In one direction the enemy are in the way. In the other the question of supplies presents an ins…
Dancing the Night Away at the Gettysburg Hotel
GETTYSBURG, Penn.— Many people believe that spirits of slain soldiers visit the place of their wounding or death, and the town of Gettysburg, Penn., has a cottage…