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Civil War News, 2022

11 issues published in 2022, with 24 articles indexed here.


Articles from 2022

24 indexed
“Defending Against Jackson’s Chancellorsville Flank Attack”

“Defending Against Jackson’s Chancellorsville Flank Attack”

“Defending Against Jackson’s Chancellorsville Flank Attack” Since 1996, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has worked diligently to acquire properties associated…

USS Iron Age Search for Clone CSS Tacony

USS Iron Age Search for Clone CSS Tacony

by Joan Wenner, J.D. Historians note that the Confederate Navy demonstrated very well how an inferior naval force could hold off a vastly superior one. One exampl…

U.S. Model 1842 Rifled Musket

U.S. Model 1842 Rifled Musket

U.S. Model 1842 Rifled Musket A question came up on one of the internet forums about the U.S. Model 1842 smoothbore musket compared to the rifled version of that…

Stephen Davis Wins Awards

Stephen Davis Wins Awards

Our “Critic’s Corner” columnist has won more awards for his recent books on General Hood. The latest is the Fletcher Pratt Award given by the Civil War Round Tabl…

Philadelphia’s Cooper Volunteer Saloon Revisited

Philadelphia’s Cooper Volunteer Saloon Revisited

meaning and the print maker or artist’s goals. A year ago, this past August we featured a lithograph produced by artist James Queen and published by Thomas Sincla…

Mark Twain and the War (I) Sam Clemens, Confederate Deserter

Mark Twain and the War (I) Sam Clemens, Confederate Deserter

Mark Twain and the War (I) Sam Clemens, Confederate Deserter “Twain in his later years was more Westerner and New Englander than Southerner, so that his work does…

Mackowski Receives Outstanding Service Award from American Battlefield Trust

Mackowski Receives Outstanding Service Award from American Battlefield Trust ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y—Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of journalism and mass communicat…

In de Land ob Cotton: Dan Emmett’s Famous Song

In de Land ob Cotton: Dan Emmett’s Famous Song

by Stephen Davis I’m trying to remember where I read some observer’s only half-jestful comment about the difference between “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and…

Events — September 2022

Events — September 2022

Oct. 15th & 16th at 8437 Valley Pike in Middletown, Va. See cavalry, artillery, and infantry soldiers in action and in camp. Battle scenarios, music, symposium, a…

Emerging Civil War — September 2022

Emerging Civil War — September 2022

From the Editor Symposium season is upon us at Emerging Civil War; this is always a great time of year to get together with members of the extended ECW family and…

Emerging Civil War Series Spotlight

Emerging Civil War Series Spotlight

Editor’s Note: Civil War News is pleased to continue a new monthly series highlighting books in the Emerging Civil War Series (ECWS) published by Savas Beatie, LL…

Deo Vindice

Deo Vindice

Deo Vindice When I interviewed Scott Thompson for last month’s column, I saw, among the numerous items decorating his office walls, an image of the Great Seal of…

Confederate Uprising on the SS Maple Leaf

Confederate Uprising on the SS Maple Leaf

by Joe Wilson Fifty Confederate officers marched out of a Union prison in New Orleans on June 2, 1863, and boarded the SS Cahawba waiting in the harbor. A jovial…

Confederate Fort Names Change proposal

Confederate Fort Names Change proposal

Confederate Fort Names Change proposal On May 24 the commission to consider renaming installations currently named after Confederates released its initial report.…

Collection

Collection

CDV Backmark reads: J. (John) R. Shockley, Photographer. West side of Main St., Hannibal, Mo. On a side note Tom Sawyer’s fence, where he persuaded his gang to pa…

Civil War News

Civil War News

We are so delighted to announce our new and improved website. We have been recently working hard to populate it with exciting information for our subscribers. Civ…

Chronicling America Maps and Visualizations

Chronicling America Maps and Visualizations

In previous installments of this column, researchers have read about various Civil Warera newspapers now digitized and available via different websites. One of th…

Chattanooga Antique Militaria & Americana Show & Sale

Chattanooga Antique Militaria & Americana Show & Sale

For the 6th straight year, the Camp Jordan Arena in Eastridge, Tenn., hosted what is becoming one of the “have to be there” Civil War and Antique Military shows i…

Champagne Dreams John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part II

Champagne Dreams John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part II

Champagne Dreams John Hunt Morgan’s 1863 Raid – Part II “A street fight is one of the most desperate modes of warfare known to a soldier. The advantage is strongl…

Book Reviews — September 2022

Book Reviews — September 2022

A Different Perspective on a Historic Town Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town. By Jill Og…

American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust “Relentlessly” Seeks to Save 170 Acres Tied to the Civil War’s Western Theater The American Battlefield Trust is currently working to p…

A 40-horse wagon train pulls Jackson’s engines to Staunton

A 40-horse wagon train pulls Jackson’s engines to Staunton

by Carl Sell Jr. The February issue of the Civil War News included a story about Colonel Thomas Jackson’s spring 1861 raid on the B&O Railroad that resulted in en…

9th Annual U. S. Grant Symposium in St. Louis

9th Annual U. S. Grant Symposium in St. Louis

The Missouri Humanities doubly ensured the memory of Ulysses S. Grant’s death is not forgotten by providing an opportunity for U.S. Grant symposium participants a…

1863–1864 Saw Russian Squadrons and Fancy Balls in America

1863–1864 Saw Russian Squadrons and Fancy Balls in America

1863–1864 Saw Russian Squadrons and Fancy Balls in America by Ivan Agyeyev and Yuriy Kirpichoff The American Civil War broke out 160 years ago. The Russians were…

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