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Gary Gallagher To Receive The Houston Civil War Round Table’s Vandiver Award
HOUSTON, Texas—The Houston Civil War Round Table proudly announced today that the renowned Civil War historian Gary W. Gallagher is the recipient of this year’s F…
Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania Record Year
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.— As the National Park Service celebrated its Centennial year, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park recorded 969,895 visits t…
Forgotten Montgomery, Illinois Civil War Veterans Honored
MONTGOMERY, Ill.—The Philip H. Sheridan Camp #2, Illinois Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), in conjunction with the Montgomery Hi…
Flag Fragments
Dear Mr. Sexton: I am a writer, collector and researcher of the Civil War period. In 2011 I purchased a framed consolidation of Confederate flag fragments that su…
Fighting The Forces Of Darkness
Light! Light! Light! Blockade or No Blockade! Natchez Daily Courier, Apr. 4, 1862 In the first two articles of this series we explored the ways in which the peopl…
Confederate Stone Dedication In The Land of Lincoln
DANVILLE, Ill.—A Memorial Day weekend ceremony is being planned in Vermilion County, Ill., to dedicate a tombstone on the previously unmarked grave of a Confedera…
Confederate Secret Service
Intelligence gathering during the Civil War by both sides had the same goals; basically determine as best as possible each other’s activities, and disrupt or enti…
Civil War Union Secret Service
Unique to the Civil War was the creation of ‘secret’ intelligence gathering by both sides. Previously highlighted was the Confederate ‘secret service’ and now we…
Civil War Trust And Cleco Join With Louisiana To Preserve 14.5 Acres At Historic Mansfield Battlefield
Cleco donation protects hallowed ground associated with the last major battle fought in Louisiana during the American Civil War MANSFIELD, La.—At a news conferenc…
Civil War Events June-Aug.
History comes alive at the Gettysburg Heritage Center. Several reenactor groups, both Union and Confederate, have been contracted for the program. “We have infant…
Book Reviews — June 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…
Battle Of Richmond, Kentucky
On 31 July 1862, Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg met with Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith at Chattanooga, Tenn. Bragg commanded in Miss., with headquarters at Tupelo, and Sm…
40th Ohio Civil War & 25th Artillery Show
MANSFIELD, Ohio—Everyone is talking about the annual Ohio Civil War Show which just celebrated its 40th year. Over 4,000 people attended the annual show at the Ri…
This War So Horrible
“You may remember when I was talking of rejoining my Command in January last that I spoke of keeping a journal.” So begins “Camp Life, a History of the Georgia Ca…
The Graphic War — May 2017
The 19th Century was the age of the print and the printer. By the 1840’s, old techniques such as etching, engraving and wood cuts were joined by lithography. As p…
The Grand Army Of The Republic Remembered
GETTYSBURG, PENN.— Following the Civil War, in 1866 Union Veterans of the Civil War formed the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) which became a powerful and influe…
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
“To the people of Lincoln’s home town, the preservation of his works and the memory of his deeds, not in idolatry but in honest fact, is an enduring monument, bet…
The Banjo
“There was probably not one regiment in the service that did not boast at least one violinist, one banjoist, and a bones player in its ranks...and one or all of t…
Snow Couldn’t Keep The Big Guns Away!
TIMONIUM, MD.—The 63rd anniversary of the Maryland Arms Collectors Association Show was held at the State Fairgrounds at Timonium, Md., on March 18 & 19. This gun…
Small Talk — May 2017
Let’s have some fun with Civil War trivia. Here are ten head-scratchers. Answers will be found on page 44. 1. Name the battle fought on June 10, 1864, near Tishom…
Shenandoah Valley preservationists join the Civil War Trust to announce the protection of 73 acres of hallowed ground at Kernstown battlefield
WINCHESTER, VA.—During ceremonies this morning at Kernstown battlefield, the Civil War Trust joined with Shenandoah Valley preservation leaders to announce the pr…
Mosby Ranger’s Saddle Bags
This wonderful pair of russet saddle bags has a name neatly painted on the body underneath the black patent, waterproof outer flap: “George Washington” in period…
Lefaucheux’s Pin Fire Revolver in the American Civil War
In 1835, Casimir Lefaucheux developed what would become the first truly successful self-contained cartridge system. This became known world-wide by its method of…
Henrys, Pedersoli Lorenz & A Musket Swap
As I have mentioned in past columns, as well as my book A Revolution in Arms, the first Henry rifles in action may well have been in the hands of Confederates. Th…