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Museums & Historic Sites
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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 when a patron recently arranged a long-term loan of a U.S. Model 1858 Dress Hat…
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10 articles · 2019–2026
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…
Mary Todd Lincoln House Falls Victim to Attempted Arson
Mary Todd Lincoln House Falls Victim to Attempted Arson LEXINGTON, KY—Mary Todd Lincoln’s teenage home was nearly burned to the ground intentionally by a suspect…
Historical Society Opens New Museum at Gettysburg
Historical Society Opens New Museum at Gettysburg By Leon Reed The redevelopment of Gettysburg, now well underway with a new children’s museum at the Rupp House,…
Saint-Gaudens Medal Awarded to Historian and Author Harold Holzer
Saint-Gaudens Medal Awarded to Historian and Author Harold Holzer The Saint-Gaudens Memorial, a partner of and advocate for the Saint-Gaudens National Historical…
Rest on Arms Reversed
Rest on Arms Reversed Confederate monuments, like war memorials generally, take numerous architectural forms, some common and some rare. Among the less frequently…
Location of Lincoln Speech Identified
by Leon Reed Hundreds of people passing through Gettysburg National Cemetery around 2 p.m. on Remembrance Day (Nov. 19) were curious what a group of 8-10 people w…
Chaos at the High Water Mark
by Carl L. Sell Jr. The chaos, confusion, and carnage at Gettysburg’s July 3, 1863, High Water Mark on Cemetery Hill, was a potential disaster for the Union Army…
A Fresh Look for Old Stories
A Fresh Look for Old Stories Last October a new Civil War Trails sign was installed at the Humphrey’s County, Tenn., Museum. The Museum at 201 Fort Hill Rd., in W…
Charleston’s First Memorial Day: Forgotten No More
Charleston’s First Memorial Day: Forgotten No More By Stephen Davis Special to Civil War News History, if you’ll pardon a digression, can be like a rock ‘n’ roll…