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Civil War News runs to a standing structure. These are its departments, with every indexed article sorted into one of them — 2551 across 113 issues.
Features
330 articlesBattles & Campaigns
315 articlesSoldiers & Leaders
257 articlesArms & Equipment
237 articlesPreservation
234 articlesBook Reviews
160 articlesNews & Notes
142 articlesArtifacts & Collecting
101 articlesMuseums & Historic Sites
36 articlesReenacting & Living History
Features
All 739 →Long-form reporting and research that does not sit inside a standing department — the pieces an issue is built around.
“Let the Sutlers Know We Take in Washing”
Research on militarily significant roles of women in the Civil War reveals one role, that of washerwoman, that was deemed so important it was specified in U.S. Ar…
We Got Them Now!
On July 17, 1864, President Jefferson Davis relieved Gen. Joseph E. Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee. Throughout the war, Davis and Johnston held fu…
The Abolition of Slavery in Missouri
efore the Civil War, 15 of the nation’s states were Mississippi north of St. Louis. In summary, Missouri “was slave states. Seven seceded between December a regio…
Behind the Lines
Whenever I travel outside the United States, I am reminded of the impact and influence of our Civil War and its figures on other nations and cultures around the w…
Battles & Campaigns
All 330 →Engagements, sieges, raids, and the operational decisions behind them, walked over the ground where they happened.
The Battle of Varnell Station, May 9, 1864
uring the late morning of May 9, 1864, Brigadier General Edward M. McCook led his First Division of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland, a two-brigade force of some 2…
Spirit on Display at N-SSA 153rd Nationals
As the United States of America marks its 250th birthday in 2026, the North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) has its own “Spirit of ’76,” recognizing the 76th a…
Bermuda Hundred Campaign Sign Project
lue & Gray Education Society (“BGES”) is “dedicated to the objective study of the origins and impact of the American Civil War and related events.” This is our Mi…
A Man Could Have Got Almost Anything He Wanted: Soldier Pickups on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part II
Jedediah Hotchkiss, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s staff cartographer, recorded in his diary the discovery of the body of fellow staff officer and tentmate…
Soldiers & Leaders
All 315 →The men who fought it: commanders and privates, regiments and brigades, careers traced through the records they left.
Hard Times At Corinth: A Louisiana Unit Suffers in a North Mississippi Town
When most people hear the name of Corinth, Mississippi in the context of the American Civil War, they think of the debacle in the attack on that city of October 3…
Soldier Pickups Part I Old Abe
On June 10, 1990, the Lions Club and citizens of Jim Falls, Wisconsin, held a dedication ceremony for the unveiling of a statue they had erected. The statue was o…
The Unfinished Fight Photo Analysis
Horace H. Smith, 16th Wisconsin Infantry, Company G.
Cavalry Hill Cemetery: Rediscovering the Lost Graves
by Robert D. Jenkins Sr.
Arms & Equipment
All 257 →Muskets, carbines, revolvers, edged weapons, artillery, ordnance, uniforms, insignia, and accoutrements examined in detail.
“Rosy was as Contrary as a Hog to Drive”
This letter by corporal Charles L. Fox of Terre Haute, Indiana, who served with the 8th Indiana Light Artillery, offers a vivid personal account of the Battle of…
A Conversation with Mike Kent
How did you get involved in promoting Civil War & Gun Shows? I have been a lifelong firearm enthusiast and history buff. I learned to shoot my father’s .22 rifle…
The Long Journey Home Finding the Owner of a Stolen Rifle
Afew years ago, I was in my office at work when a man walked in the front door. After I approached the front counter, he introduced himself as FBI Special Agent R…
The Belgian Musket in the Civil War
There were many European smoothbore muskets (manufacturers), in Liege during the War. The Belgian gunin use on both sides early in the U.S. Civil War. In maker’s…
Preservation
All 237 →The fight for the ground itself — acquisitions, easements, threatened acreage, and the trusts and volunteers doing the work.
Massachusetts Militia Prepares for War
Long before European settlement, Winter Island was home to the Naumkeag people. The island sits in Salem Harbor and is connected to Salem Neck in Salem, Massachus…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
“A Man Could Have Got Almost Anything He Wanted”: Soldier Pickups on Central Virginia Battlefields, Part I By Tim Talbott Introduction
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
CVBT at 30—A Look Back By Tom Van Winkle
The Fight for Manassas Battlefield Rages on 164 Years After the Battles
Although preservationists have fought for years to protect Manassas National Battlefield Park in Northern Virginia, a new challenge awaits: data centers. “We can’…
Book Reviews
All 234 →New Civil War scholarship read and assessed, so subscribers know what is worth the shelf space.
Civil War Book Reviews
Reconstruction in Louisiana Fractured Freedoms: Reconstructing Central Louisiana. By David T. Ballantyne. Maps, footnotes, bibliography, index. 309 pp., 2025. Lou…
Civil War Book Reviews
Book Reviews Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact email: B…
Civil War Book Reviews
Book Reviews Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact email: B…
Civil War Book Reviews
Book Reviews Civil War News book reviews provide our readers with analysis of the latest and most significant Civil War research and scholarship. Contact email: B…
News & Notes
All 160 →Briefs, letters, editorials, obituaries, and the shorter items that keep the community current.
Interview with Harold Holzer
Interview with Harold Holzer Interviewed by Jonathan W. White Harold Holzer is the Jonathan F. Fanton Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at H…
Civil war Show News
46th Annual Southeastern Civil War and Antique Gun Show
Emerging Civil War Newsletter
From the Editor
Ohio Civil War Show News
MANSFIELD, Ohio—In 1977, a dream to start a Civil • Ron Chonjacki – “The Best Show in the United War Show all began with the determination of Don Williams, States…
Artifacts & Collecting
All 142 →The artifact market: auctions, shows, notable pieces, and what collectors should know before they buy.
The 31st Annual Chickamauga Civil War Show
The 31st Annual Chickamauga Civil War Show while encouraging others to participate and share their own returned to the Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, collect…
Library of Congress Collection 10-inch Columbiad in Charleston.
COLL E CT ION
47th Annual Southeastern Civil War and Antique Gun Show
The North Georgia Relic Hunters Association held its 47th Annual Southeastern Civil War and Antique Gun Show on August 9-10, 2025. The show was held at the Cobb C…
This & That Forty Year’s Worth of Artifacts
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Museums & Historic Sites
All 101 →Museums, national parks, monuments, cemeteries, and exhibitions — what is on view and what has changed.
A Healer’s Hat and Manual Fannie Palmer, Artist
Objects relating to hospital stewards who served either Army during the Civil War are incredibly rare, so the National Museum of Civil War Medicine was pleased wh…
Behind the Lines
Ihave long observed a strict rule: “Never say ‘no’ to the Of course, as with any organization, the NPS has had National Park Service.” For over fifty years, whene…
325.5 Million Visits to National Parks in 2023
Fort Oglethorpe, GA—The National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4%…
A Heartfelt Tribute of Parental Affection
A Heartfelt Tribute of Parental Affection By Joseph Wilson Behind an old iron gate shrouded in overgrown shrubs, a seemingly forgotten and hidden Pittsburgh cemet…
Reenacting & Living History
All 36 →Reenactments, encampments, and commemorations, and the people who put them on.
Living History Association Brings Tidewater Maritime History to Military Through the Ages
By Bob Ruegsegger When it comes to accurately explaining and depicting maritime history, the Tidewater Maritime Living History Association ranks as one of the pre…
Events Section — March 2023
Before making plans to attend any event contact the event host. Feb. 24-26, South Carolina. 29th Festival of Living History
Fort Branch, North Carolina, Reenactment Survived Covid
HAMILTON, N.C.—Over the November 5 and 6 weekend, the Fort Branch reenactment made its annual appearance. This year’s event was leaner with only some 200-250 part…
Joseph Ryder Lewis Jr. Civil War Park Opens in Carolina Beach, N.C.
James Burriss, nineteenth century farmer, waterman, and river pilot, could never have imagined that his land on Federal Point (modern Carolina Beach), North Carol…