Civil War News, 2026
4 issues published in 2026, with 58 articles indexed here.
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July-August 2026Vol. 52, No. 4 · 16 articles
May-June 2026Vol. 52, No. 3 · 14 articles
March-April 2026Vol. 52, No. 2 · 14 articles
January-February 2026Vol. 52, No. 1 · 14 articles
Articles from 2026
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Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
Most “Vision and Valor” articles focus on women’s lives and roles during the Civil War. However, the lives of Civil War women did not begin with the firing on For…
This & That
n the two previous issues, I wrote about three men who played various roles in the tense standoff in Charleston Harbor between Lincoln’s election in 1860 and the…
The Unfinished Fight
The vulcanized rubber ground cloth, or “gum blanket”, was a straightforward and utilitarian piece of equipment that was greatly prized by soldiers on both sides.…
The Graphic War
During the Victorian period in America, a woman’s place was in the home. The Civil War changed all that. With the man of the house off to war, much of the work, p…
Steve Davis: Requiescat in Pace
first met Steve Davis in 1982. He was the Director of – Gould Hagler Education at the Medical Association of Georgia; I was a new hire, on board as a lobbyist. On…
Spared & Shared A Time For Memory and For Tears
This well-composed letter written before Petersburg in July 1864—just days before the Battle of the Crater— was composed by Robert Nelson Traver (1841–1904) who w…
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…
Ohio Civil War Show
wo hundred fifty years of American independence mark one of the most important milestones in our nation’s history, and that spirit was on full display at the Rich…
Houston CWRT Frank E. Vandiver Award
On July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of cartridges to each man and filling their stomachs. Captain Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, C.S. Gen. John Bell James E.…
General James Henry Lane
My dear Father, I barely have time to write to you to tell you that we have been in several terrible engagements with the enemy, first in the Wilderness & then at…
Civil War Book Reviews
Detailed Account of Thirty-Nine Days of the Atlanta Campaign The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 2: From the Etowah River to Kennesaw Mountain, May 20 – June 27, 1864. B…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
During the Chancellorsville Campaign, the 53rd Georgia Infantry’s Pvt. William Stilwell took a few minutes to pen some lines to his wife Molly. Writing on May 2,…
CWRTNY 75th Anniversary
On May 16, the Civil War Round Table of New York celebrated its 75th anniversary, making it one of the oldest round tables dedicated to the study of the American…
Blue & Gray Education Society The Guns at Raymond
Founded in 1994, Blue and Gray Education (BGES), was the vision of retired Air Force Major Leonard (Len) Riedel, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and a 2…
Award in Publication Excellence Presented to Terry L. Futrell
The East Tennessee Historical Society presented an Award in Publication Excellence to Terry L. Futrell on May 5 for his 2-part series on Burnside’s invasion of Ea…
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…
Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
This article describes the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) and women’s roles associated with it. These roles involved many thousands of women, including…
Two Artists: One Forgotten Battle
General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, ordered his commanders to move from their earthworks and to cross the Potomac River from Maryla…
Through the Lens It Fairly Made the Earth Shake
By April 1863, Confederate forces had successfully along the engines for protection, while hay and cotton bales repulsed six separate Federal attempts to seize we…
This & That The Accomplishment of This One Object
n the last issue, I wrote about Robert Anderson, the commander at Fort Sumter, and Samuel Cooper, the U.S. Army’s adjutant general when the crisis at Sumter began…
The Unfinished Fight Photo Analysis
This is an unusual gold-tinted tin-type of a Union Civil War soldier identified as Horace H. Smith of the 16th Wisconsin Company G. Smith enlisted on November 11,…
The Graphic War The Connecticut Plan
The lithographic firm of Currier and Ives was not known for its political cartoons. Rather, it chose to document the battles and leaders of the Civil War with an…
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…
Spared & Shared
At one time I thought I would give up and be taken prisoner. Then I thought I might get hit before I could get out of the woods on their side so I risked the gett…
Critic’s Corner
Bull’s narrative of his service in the campaign and in the Federal occupation of Atlanta, May 13-November 15, runs about 30% of his entire memoir. This alone make…
Civil War Book Reviews
In-depth account of the 1st and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War. By Darin Wipperman. Maps, tabl…
Chicora Cemetery Honors
Chicora Cemetery on the Averasboro battlefield site is, like all battleground burial grounds, a place of sadness and remembrance, where the fallen are honored for…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
The Civil War’s impact endures both in physical sites and collective memory. Once battlefields, these now peaceful places remind us of division’s cost and unity’s…
Cavalry Hill Cemetery: Rediscovering the Lost Graves
am so excited,” exclaimed retired eye surgeon, relic hunter, and preservationist, Dr. William “Bill” Blackman of Dalton, Ga., as a small task force descended upon…
An Officer and His Sketchbook
Growing up in Scotland in the 1820s, young Jimmy could never have imagined that he would one day cross the Atlantic and play a meaningful role in suppressing a re…
William Loring:
Major General William Wing Loring had a notable military career that spanned several significant conflicts, including the Texas Revolution at the age of 14, the M…
Through the Lens More Serious than Expected
Towards the end of June 1864, C.S. Gen. Jubal Early, Army of the Valley, had left the Shenandoah Valley, Va., to “threaten Washington and if I find the opportunit…
This & That 2025 Middle Tennessee
n my last column, I wrote about events at Fort Sumter between South Carolina’s secession and April 12, 1861, when the shooting started. In this issue and the next…
The Unfinished Fight “God Bless The Russians” October 2, 1863
Harpers Weekly, October 17, 1863, noted that it was “for a goodwill gesture to show the world that Russia was lending support to the liberal government of the Uni…
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 Graphic War
It all began with the Greeks. He was Heracles, the greatest Greek hero and son of Zeus and half-brother of Perseus. Somewhere in the mists of time, the Romans ado…
The Fight for Manassas Battlefield
The 2025 Middle Tennessee Civil War Show, held on December 6th and 7th in Franklin, Tennessee, closed out another successful year of events, leaving dealers and a…
Spared & Shared
to circulate but one of the best accounts comes in a letter he wrote describing the reception General Grant received on March 8, 1864, when Grant met Lincoln face…
Hercules and the serpent Vision and Valor:
his article addresses an often-overlooked role of women during and after the Civil War: that of teaching in schools devoted to the education of former slaves. Whi…
Emerging Civil War
Apopular meme floating around Facebook for the past year or so features Ulysses S. Grant—President Grant, specifically, late in his second term. Perhaps you’ve se…
Critic’s Corner Worthy of the Cause for Which They Fight
How many Northern or Southern general officers kept diaries? Not too many. And of these, we can assume that most have long since been published. That’s why Robert…
Civil War Book Reviews
Extensive Book on Identification of Relics Relics: A Guide to Identification. By William Plummer. Author’s note, forward, acknowledgments, introduction, appendice…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
noticed “three or four graves—one of a federal captain ‘died May 24, 1864.’” They quickly came to the spot where Gen. Charles Griffin’s V Corps division had advan…
Behind the Lines
Iam often asked why Americans are so fascinated by the Civil War, and yet relatively few have any substantial interest in or knowledge of the American Revolution.…
What makes a good battle book?
It is safe to say that, aside from President Abraham Lincoln, no other figure from the Civil War era has been the subject of more books and articles than General…
Vision and Valor: The War Through Women’s eyes
This article focuses on the women who ministered to sick and wounded soldiers in the Civil War. From the moment war became a reality, women sought roles supportin…
USCC Massacre
In 1864, the 5th United States Colored Cavalry (5th USCC) under Colonel James Brisbin was formed at Camp Nelson, Ky. The Regiment, some 1,000 strong, was made up…
Through the Lens A Good Thrashing
n the evening of January 7, 1863, U.S. Gen. Egbert B. Brown, Cmdr., Southwest Division, received word that an estimated 2,000 to 6,000 men of C.S. Gen. John S. Ma…
This & That Crisis in Charleston
imminent attack. Protecting the women and children made perfect sense to everyone, the officers, the men, and the Charlestonians. The move aroused no suspicion. A…
The Unfinished Fight The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Many American grocers in the mid-19th century began their business in the tea trade. The Antebellum United States was predominantly rural and agrarian. If food pr…
The Graphic War Preserve. Educate. Inspire.
Americans tend to forget that politics in America has always been a blood sport. They also forget that America once held a presidential election in the midst of a…
Spared & Shared Battle of Roanoke Island Letter
The next morning we did not move but the small boats were in advance to lookout the ground. Friday morning the 7th, orders were to move on and so we did—the gunbo…
N-SSA celebrates its 75th Anniversary with History, Competition
The North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) held its 152nd National Competition October 3-5, 2025 at Fort Shenandoah near Winchester, Va. Member units compete in…
Fort McAllister Southern Sentinel on Georgia’s Ogeechee River
Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia, was an invincible Confederate stronghold during most of the American Civil War. The bastion’s sturdy…
Emerging Civil War The Book of General Stevenson
Icracked the book open carefully, conscious of its old spine. I didn’t know what shape its pages might be in, either. The book, an edition of Dennis Hart Mahan’s…
Critic’s Corner
The best battle books describe the fighting with enough I call the difference between the practical and the sublime. detail to be definitive without sinking to ex…
Civil War Book Reviews
Letters that Deepen Our Understanding of Lincoln and His Era Rescued from Obscurity A Great and Good Man: Rare, First-Hand Accounts and Observations of Abraham Li…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust The 2025 Annual Conference
William Murrell, A History of American Graphic Humor, NY, Whitney Museum of Art, 1933, Vol. I, 11. Library of Congress, object description. Many of the descriptio…