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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.
Home Economics In The Confederacy: Meeting Routine Needs In A Most Un-routine Time
“Soap is a great institution, without it the world would soon relapse into the unwashed barbarism of earlier times” (Galveston Weekly News, Jan. 11, 1865). Look a…
Gettysburg’s Remembrance Day Weekend
The Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association saluted another successful year and looked ahead to 2017 at its annual membership dinner Nov. 18 at the Dobbin…
Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable Book Award
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the annual Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable Book Award is Thomas J. Ryan for his book entitled: Spies, Scouts, and Se…
Fundraising Projects
OLUSTEE, FLA.—Department of the South (D.O.S.) is at the 25% goal of reaching $5,000 for a future walkway between the monuments at Olustee, Fla. Several years ago…
From The Lowcountry — February 2017
Larry Babits Larry Babits has considerable experience in military and maritime archaeology. After earning degrees at the University of Maryland (BA, MA) and Brown…
Fouled Muskets Revisited
The last issues have presented very interesting information about fouled muskets that concentrated on documents, Gettysburg recoveries and arsenal comments. Anoth…
Fort Branch – Guardian Of The Upper Roanoke River
Fort Branch is a Confederate earthwork fortification in Hamilton, N.C., that once guarded the upper Roanoke River, its naval yards and the railroad bridge connect…
Flintlock Muskets
The most common infantry arm in Confederate hands during the early days of the U.S. Civil War was a smoothbore musket, many still in flint and a few others previo…
Conservation Treatment Of Mary Surratt’s Bonnet
This article is the first in what I hope will be a continuing series about conservation treatment of Civil War era textiles. As textiles are often among the most…
Congress Approves Major Expansion Of Petersburg National Battlefield
Legislation authorizes the expansion of Petersburg National Battlefield by more than 7,000 acres, potentially making the battlefield one of the largest national h…
Confederate Imported Enfield Artillery Carbines
The Pattern 1853 family of .577 caliber British military percussion muzzleloading long arms that started with the Pattern 1853 “Enfield” Rifle Musket gave rise to…
Col. Louis R. Francine Camp Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary
GETTYSBURG, PA.—The Colonel Louis R. Francine Camp #7, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary during recent Remembrance…
Civil War Trust Preserves 355 Acres At Chancellorsville And Wilderness Battlefields
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA.–The Civil War Trust declared victory on a 355-acre property associated with the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville and the 1864 Battle of th…
Civil War Events 2017
The Florida Military Antique Collectors, Inc. presents the Snowbird Collector’s Chow with antique arms and military collectibles thru WWII. Modern and used forear…
Book Reviews — February 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 Franklin, Tenn. 152nd Anniversary Observance
Battle of Franklin Trust CEO Eric Jacobson reads names of casualties. He is standing in front of a the Carter Farm house kitchen which still bears scars from the…
Are You Protected?
If you have not thought about that question as a round table leader, you should. Civil War round tables hold meetings, events, programs and tours. They handle mon…
American Digger 2017 Civil War & Artifact Show
MT. PLEASANT, SC.—This year’s show was another success. More tables were sold and attendance was up from 2016. There were excavated artifacts of all types and era…
Accepting Submissions For Edwin C. Bearss Award
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.— Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours is now accepting applications for the 2017 Edwin C. Bearss Award. This award is given annually to suppo…
30th Anniversary Of The Middle Tennessee Civil War Show
FRANKLIN, TENN.—The Middle Tennessee Civil War Show finished up its 30th year in good shape, exceeding expectations with a full house of dealers and a gate increa…
118 Days
“If I live till the 4th of March I will ride to the Capitol with Old Abe whether I am assassinated or not.” President James Buchanan In November 1860, Abraham Lin…
Worthy of the Cause For Which They Fight
By Stephen Davis Worthy of the Cause For Which They Fight How many Northern or Southern general officers kept diaries? Not too many. And of these, we can assume t…
What I’m Working On
Pub. note: With this column by John Coski, Historian of the American Civil War Museum, we are launching a new series of occasional articles, “What I’m Working on.…
To Strong To Fall
To Strong To Fall “I am here to defend the fort, not to surrender it.” Col. Charles Olmstead, Cmdr., Fort Pulaski Fort Pulaski was built to protected Savannah, Ge…