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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.
Meade Made A Name For Himself At Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania at the end of June 1863, soon after his “great victory” at Chancellorsville. The Richmond Daily Dispatch of May 6, 1863, report…
Ladies’ Gunboat Societies
“The cause is a noble one, the effort is sublime, and the moral effect will reach far beyond the deadly projectiles which the contemplated gunboat can send. If th…
Kentucky Civil War Governors On The Web
Starting in 2012, the Kentucky Historical Society initiated a project to gather together and post to the web an image of every document and letter that crossed th…
Forgotten Oswego, Illinois Civil War Veterans Honored
OSWEGO, Ill.—Over people, including many family members, gathered Saturday, May 7 in Oswego, Illinois’ historic Oswego Township Cemetery to dedicate new headstone…
Farrell’s Civil War Veteran’s Listings Of Suffolk County
Because retired aerospace executive Robert Farrell was bored in retirement, historians and genealogists are getting what they have long coveted: a list of all the…
Eyesore Moved From Franklin Battlefield
FRANKLIN, TENN.—The reclaiming of the Battle of Franklin battlefield took another giant step when a relic of the city’s past was recently demolished. The old Fran…
Dedication Of The Commonwealth’s Largest Flag
DANVILLE, Va.—On Saturday, July 23rd, a coalition of heritage groups, led by the Virginia Flaggers, gathered in Danville, Virginia to raise and dedicate the Commo…
Confederate Nancy Hart Militia
From the years 1861-1865, America was involved in an emotional and deadly war, North vs. South, that resulted in six hundred twenty thousand deaths and lasted for…
Confederado Festa Brazil - Civil War Anniversary Celebration
In 1993, while living outside of Charleston, S.C I happened upon a book in local shop titled The Lost Colony of the Confederacy by Eugene Harter. Now I must confe…
Civil War Veteran Honored At Norfolk’s Calvary Cemetery
For nearly 84 Years William Mack Lee’s remains had rested in an unmarked grave in Norfolk’s Calvary Cemetery between St. Julian Avenue and the Lafayette River. Th…
Civil War Trust Preserves 70 Acres at Perryville Battlefield
In summer 2016, the Civil War Trust declared victory on three properties totalling70-acres associated with the historic 1862 Perryville battlefield. This latest p…
Civil War Events Through Dec.
“Soldiers and Citizens” free museum at New England Via Vermont in Alburgh Village. Learn about the Civil War soldier and his family back home. Displays on camp li…
Briefs of Civil War News Interest — October 2016
Historical Society Awards Volunteers At Annual Dinner NEW BERN, NC.—The New Bern Historical Society honored many of their volunteers at their recent annual awards…
Book Reviews — October 2016
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…
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
Reflecting back on the September installment of this column, readers will recall coverage of The Southern Bivouac. In closing out publication of Bivouac, the new…
Armistead’s Brigade Ancestors Survivors Reading
GETTYSBURG, Pa.—On July 3, 2016, ancestors of survivors read the names of 287 members of Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead’s Brigade who perished 153 year…
A War Shotgun, Postwar Rifle Muskets & Submarines
A Shotgun of Note Muzzleloading double-barreled shotguns were in use early in the Civil War by some cavalrymen, particularly Confederates, but were usually replac…
25th Loomis’ Battery Annual Long Range Artillery Match
25th Loomis’ Battery Annual Long Range Artillery Match By Don Lutz, Loomis’ Battery and Ericka Hoffmann, Dulany Troop, 6th Virginia Cavalry GRAYLING MICH.—Range 3…
Your Civil War Collection — Weighing The Options
Anyone that collects Civil War history knows the thrill of chasing down an artifact or finding that one last missing clue to solve a mystery. Collecting can be a…
Why The Civil War Hypocrisy?
We of the South have borne too long and too patiently the many misrepresentations concerning us, and we cannot afford to be patient longer. There is a hope that s…
When Russia Had Our Back
When Russia Had Our Back “The Czar’s [Alexander II] spokesmen have assured me that in case of trouble with the other European powers, the friendship of Russia for…
Tranter Revolvers & Their Southern Service
Their Southern Service Inspection, ARMS is a new addition to the monthly columns in Civil War News. Authored by antique military arms dealer & collector Tim Princ…
The Southern Bivouac
The Southern Bivouac Browsing through the various post-war publications containing accounts from former Federals and Confederates, one will usually land on the So…
Should Civil War Reenactments Be Abandoned?
When I was asked to write a commentary about “Should Civil War reenactments be abandoned?” my initial reaction was like what the editor of the New York Sun wrote…