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Richmond’s Monument Avenue Under Threat
RICHMOND, Va.—Monument Avenue has statues memorializing Virginians who fought for the Confederacy. Statues of Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, Jefferson Davis, Thoma…
Rededicated in the Wheatfield—154th
By John Wessner On July 2, 2017, the battle flag of the 62nd Penn. Vol. Inf., Co. M returned to the Wheatfield at Gettysburg for the battle’s 154th anniversary. T…
Peterboro Emancipation Day Gathering
PETERBORO, N.Y— Families, friends, presenters, and supporters of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark gathered from across the state and country to…
Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts – Part One
Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts – Part One “Our principal object in writing the foregoing pages has been to draw a few of the military…
New Projects at Moccasin Bend
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Friends of Moccasin Bend Announce Construction of Orientation Plaza and Park Trails at Moccasin Bend NPS Ce…
New Digital Tool Redefines Photo Sleuthing
By Ron Coddington and Kurt Luther A powerful new online research tool designed to help identify Civil War soldiers made its debut at the recent GBPA Civil War Sho…
N-SSA Northwest Territory members help “Save the Flags”
LANSING, Mich.—Every year unit commanders of the North-South Skirmish Association’s Northwest Territory select a historically-based project and donate $1,000 to t…
Marietta’s Root House Event
MARIETTA, Ga.—William Root House Event was on July 8. The SVR, SUVCW, Department of Georgia & S.C., Confederate Sons and the 30th Ohio (Recreated), went to the ai…
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR: First, thank you for launching what should be a spirited debate among your readers about relocating various Confederate statues, plaques, and other…
Freeman Army Revolver
By Tim Prince Freeman Army Revolver The Freeman Army Revolver, a Civil War contract handgun that was never delivered. On December 9, 1862, Austin T. Freeman recei…
Emerging Civil War Book Awards and Roundtable Recognition
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va.— Emerging Civil War (ECW) has announced the recipient of its inaugural book award: Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and…
Confederate Symbols and a Divided Southern Heritage
By Calvin Goddard Zon The 2015 church killings in Charleston, S.C., by a Confederate flag waving young man and now the death of a 32-year-old woman by a suspected…
Confederate Monuments are Welcome at Beauvoir
BILOXI, Miss.—Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Home and the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum, is making a public plea for help. We want the public to…
Civil War Vengeance: Murder in the First!
By Joseph F. Wilson When a soldier falls in battle, he’s rightly mourned as a patriot and hero who died for his country. It’s quite a different story for a totall…
Civil War Round Tables are Organizing for Growth
By Wally Rueckel For several years many Civil War Round Tables have been losing members or, even worse, are no longer in existence. This is sad because we are los…
Civil War Round Table Attributes Growth to Quality Speakers
SOUTHPORT, N.C.—The current season of monthly meetings of the Brunswick Civil War Round Table ended recently with a standing ovation for returning guest speaker,…
Civil War Events Oct.–Dec.
The North-South Skirmish Association 136thh National Competition near Winchester. Over 3,000 uniformed competitors in 200 member units compete in live-fire matche…
Charlotte CWRT
By Matthew Borowick Charlotte CWRT Many round tables meet throughout the year; others skip December because of the holidays, while others take the summers off. I…
Book Reviews — October 2017
Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with timely analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Stephen Davis, Civil W…
Battlefield Pickups & Fenian Parts Guns
By Joe Bilby Battlefield Pickups & Fenian Parts Guns I recently received some more material for my Civil War firearms in the field information file from my North…
Artillery Opens the Ball at Cedar Mountain
By Joseph Bordonaro On August 9, 1862, Confederate General Jubal Early encountered cavalry and artillery forces of Union General Nathaniel Banks located on the pl…
Allaire Village Helps Civil War Living History Come to Life
By Joseph Bordonaro The old iron-making village of Allaire, N.J., (known as the Howell Works in the 19th century) is now an open air living history museum. Costum…
A Monumental Spin
It takes men of worth to recognize worth in men. – Thomas Carlyle Totalitarian movements are mass organizations of atomized, isolated individuals. – Hannah Arendt…
“The First 400” – Confederate Prisoners Arrive in Elmira
“The First 400” – Confederate Prisoners Arrive in Elmira By Joseph Bordonaro The first 400 Confederate prisoners, and their guards, arrived in Elmira, N.Y., on Ju…