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The Unfinished Fight
Civil War soldiers ate more beans than any other vegetable. When meat was scarce, the most common protein alternative widely available was beans. It is important…
The Graphic War Dodging the Draft: Offering a Substitute, A
D o d g ing t h e d r a ft : Of f eri ng a S ub st i t u t e , a s ce n e i n the offi c e o f t he P rovo st M a r s h a l l The Graphic War highlights prints an…
Show News
The 37th Annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show kicked off on a frosty Friday morning, December 6, as collectors and history enthusiasts braved frigid temperature…
Lincoln Forum 29th Meeting in Gettysburg
The 29th meeting of the Lincoln Forum, held November 16–18, 2024, at Gettysburg’s Wyndham Hotel, set new records for attendance, first-time attendees, and, perhap…
Fort Fisher’s New Visitor Center and reconstructed Earthworks
On October 29, 2024, after years of anticipation and overcoming challenges like flooding delays, the new visitor center at Fort Fisher State Historic Site finally…
Fidelity: The Fighting Swearers
efore the American Revolution slavery was practiced in all 13 British colonies which were to form the United States. In the last years of the 18th century and the…
Fidelity:
Lieutenant Jefferson C. Davis, Company E, First that trade his entire adult life except for a few months during United States Artillery, and John Swearer, a the s…
Famous Civil War Quotes
“I see the President almost every day. I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln’s dark brown face with its deep-cut lines, the eyes always to me with a deep latent sadn…
Emerging Civil War A Visit to the Battle of Franklin Battlefield
race Adkins is a mountain of a man—stoic as a mountain, too. Standing by the cannon near the Carter Cotton Gin, he surveyed the ground with eyes that could see ac…
Critic’s Corner The Civil War: A Narrative Volume Two
fter an absence of two years,” Jefferson Davis declared to the Mississippi legislature upon his return on Dec. 26, 1862, recalling how he had left in February 186…
Civil War Book Reviews For current events visit CivilWarEvents.com
A Fine Introduction to The Battle of Nashville They Came Only to Die: The Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864. By Sean Michael Chick. Savas Beatie, savasbea…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust Soldiers’ Winter Quarters in Central Virginia
he timing of the Civil War battles and campaigns fought in central Virginia helped ensure that the soldiers spent a significant amount of downtime living in winte…
Behind the Lines
Afew fortunate people can look back on working careers spent doing what they gladly would have done for nothing. I have been one of those lucky ones. The job and…
America Battlefield Trust
Trust Appeals Prince William Digital Gateway Rezoning Decision In December, the Trust and nine local residents appealed the Prince William Circuit Court’s October…
“Playing War!” Sham Battles During and After the Civil War
Shortly after reveille sounded in the camps of Union General Franz Sigel’s army south of Winchester, Virginia, the morning of May 6, 1864, the commander of the Th…
Through the Lens My Father is Here
Confederate Gen. “Prince” John Bankhead Magruder name gracing a lake, a city, and a county. Lea interacted took command of the District of Texas, New Mexico, with…
This & That Lincoln’s Cabinet
ne of my great grandfathers died in the 1930s from an infection which developed after he suffered a minor cut. A great-great grandfather was twice widowed while h…
The Unfinished Fight
Beginning in 2020, supply chain shortages with U.S. terms of historical feature accuracy. First introduced in Civil War reproduction firearms, particularly black…
The Graphic War Ehrgott and Forbriger
E hrg ott an d Fo r b r i g e r , West er n L i t h o g r a p h e r s By Salvatore Cilella The Graphic War highlights prints and printmakers from the Civil War di…
Riddick’s Folly Embraces Cordial Civil war Era Letter
When Mills Riddick’s ostentatious twenty-oneroom mansion with sixteen fireplaces was completed in 1839 next to the Nansemond County Courthouse, his neighbors mock…
N-SSA 150th National Competition
he North-South Skirmish Association held its 150th National Competition October 4-6, 2024, with its usual exciting small arms and artillery team matches. However,…
John S. Clark’s Estimate of Confederate Strength, Sept. 1862
The author begins by acknowledging the seminal research on Confederate Homespun Dresses done by Vicki Betts. Betts conducted a comprehensive and exhaustive study…
Introducing the 2024-25 Youth Leadership Team
Save 23 Acres at Shiloh and Half-Acre at Chattanooga The Trust recently launched a campaign to preserve 23 acres of Shiloh Battlefield and half an acre at Chattan…
Famous Civil War Quotes
stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when a…