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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.
Dedication Time Change For George Lomas Memorial Ceremony
GETTYSBURG, PA.—The Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association has changed the time for the dedication of a stone marker in memory of George Lomas at the His…
Confederate Belt & Buckle
Confederate Belt & Buckle Dear Civil War Appraiser: Mr. Sexton: Several weeks ago I went to Savannah to help my sister clean up things after Hurricane Matthew ski…
Civil War Sea Commands: ‘The Sting Of The Mosquito Fleets’
COLUMBUS, GA.—A class of quick, shallow-draft vessels known as “Mosquito Fleets” were utilized by both sides during the Civil War for wartime naval coastline and…
Civil War Photography
Last month, we explored several of the printed sources containing photographs from the Civil War. In this installment, we will look at websites, which provide man…
Civil War Events Through Jan.
“Tell Mother I’ve Been Good: Vice & Virtue in the Civil War” exhibit at National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg. Stories, images, artifacts about moral challenges f…
Book Reviews — December 2016
Let me start off by saying that Al Stone is a raconteur extraordinaire. This volume is written in a conversational style that makes one feel that he/she is sittin…
Black Powder, White Smoke — December 2016
One of the best things about writing this column is the information you get in response when you write about something interesting and unusual. Reader R. J. Boque…
A Photographic ‘4-D’ Experience At Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, PA.—It’s a special experience to tour the Gettysburg battlefield with a top-notch licensed battlefield guide who can answer every question and makes h…
154th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Perryville
PERRYVILLE, KY.—Thousands of reenactors converged on the small village of Perryville, Kentucky, to participate in recreating the battle that occurred there on Oct…
‘A Means Of Saving My Soul’: The Thomas Cox Bible
On July 9, 1864, Private Thomas Cox prepared for battle near the banks of the Monocacy River not knowing this battle would be his last. Prior to the Civil War, Co…
The Role Of Reenactors & Living Historians
So, just exactly “who” and “what” are reenactors and Living Historians? Until a quarter-century ago, I had no idea what the answer to that question was! Then one…
The Confederate Kerr Rifle
Last month we talked about James Kerr’s revolver in Confederate service. Now we turn our attention to his rifle design, a gun that was acquired in very limited qu…
The Beast Of Beaver: Stephen Gano Burbridge
The war had dragged on for three years and try though they might, the Union had proved unable to confine their most troublesome Confederate gadfly, General John H…
Telegraph Men
Let the telegraphers through; They’ll get us into a fight, And out of it, too.” Soldiers rhyme Both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis shared the problem of how…
Taps Anniversary Commemorated At Berkeley Plantation
For 60 seconds during every military funeral, time seems to stand still while the bugler sounds the 24 haunting notes of Taps. “It is so full of emotion, especial…
Roundtable News — November 2016
There is something growing in the Civil War round table community. Collaboration. For years, Round Table Review has shared best practices among the round table co…
Robert Sneden’s Map of Atlanta’s Confederate Defenses
Students of the Atlanta Campaign have long bemoaned the scarcity of reliable maps covering the operations of Generals Sherman, Johnston and Hood. One has popped u…
Researching Civil War Letters
Researching the story of a Civil War soldier can lead down many intriguing and unexpected trails. That was the message of York County, Pennsylvania, historian Ron…
Reader’s Redoubt
Book Review Editor’s note: For this year’s “Book Issue” we asked some Civil War experts—authors, teachers and other professionals—to choose a book published so fa…
Paging Through — November 2016
We were saddened to learn of the passing of George H. Lomas. George gave his time generously to our hobby. Thousands of reenactors, members of the living history…
Georgia Accoutrement Set
Dear Civil War Appraiser: I would like an official description and appraisal of my Georgia belt buckle and its sword and belt. My father was presented with an opp…
George H. Lomas: Patriarch, Titan, Icon, Mentor And Friend
George Henry Lomas was born on September 7, 1942, exactly, as he would recount with a sparkle in his eye, nine months to the day after the Japanese attack on Pear…
Franklin Antebellum Home Burns
FRANKLIN, TENN.—An antebellum home finished just as the Civil War ended, recently burned just outside of Franklin, Tennessee, and is considered a total loss. Bank…
East Cemetery Hill: A Night Fight
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock had spent the late afternoon and early evening of July 2, 1863, moving mountains to keep Cemetery Ridge out of Confederate ha…