Civil War News (ISSN: 1053-1181) Copyright © 2021 by Historical
Civil War News (ISSN: 1053-1181) Copyright © 2021 by Historical

520 Folly Road, Suite 25 PMB 379, Charleston, SC 29412

Jack W. Melton Jr. C. Peter & Kathryn Jorg Publisher Founding Publishers Editor: Lawrence E. Babits, Ph.D.

Advertising, Marketing & Assistant Editor: Peggy Melton Columnists: Craig Barry, Salvatore Cilella, Stephanie Hagiwara Gould Hagler, Tim Prince, John Sexton, and Michael K. Shaffer Editorial & Photography Staff: Greg Biggs, Michael Kent, Bob Ruegsegger, Gregory L. Wade, Shannon Pritchard, Carl Sell Jr., Joan Wenner, J.D.

SC 29412. Monthly. Business and Editorial Offices: 520 Folly R Suite 25 PMB 379, Charleston, SC 29412, Accounting and Circula

Periodicals postage paid at U.S.P.S. 131 W. High St., Jefferso MO 65101. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to:

520 Folly Road Suite 25 PMB 379 Charleston, SC 29412 Display advertising rates and media kit on request. The Civil War News is for your reading enjoyment. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of its authors, reader advertisers and they do not necessarily reflect the official p

520 Folly Road, Suite 25 PMB 379 Charleston, SC 29412

Civil War News cannot assure that unsolicited books will

Coming Soon! A brand new fullcolor 80-page, glossy magazine for the Military Antique Collect The publication will spotlight rare and unusual military object beautiful craftsmanship works, and historical figures dating fr early American and European

history to limited coverage of t post-1898 artifact. This magazin will not be focused on relic hunting or artifact digging. The

I would like to thank everyone who has read the articles I have

over the last few years. I have enjoyed the writing opportunity Jack Melton offered me with this publication, and I hope tha most of you have enjoyed reading what I wrote. However, after 63 articles, it is time to move on. Jack has a new publication project that will be launching in the spring; Military Antique Collector magazine, and I am honored that he has asked me to be a part of this new magazine. As most of you know, I am a full

also a “one man” business. I do everything myself, from finding

the items I sell, photographing them, researching th describing them, putting them on the website, and then shipping

sample layout below is only one of the page formats. Stay tuned for a launch date. Email us at:

to signup for the email blast and post notifications.

We have known Tim Prince for at least two decades. He is one o

the most knowledge people on antique firearms in the country. This knowledge led him to a spot on the TV show Antiques

them to the buyer. As a result, between maintaining my website,

traveling to the many shows that I attend, doing the appraising an consulting that I do, attending Antiques Roadshow tapings,

it has been hard to find time to write the quality articles for Ci War News that you have come to expect from me. This new publication will be a bi-monthly magazine, helping reduce my work load a little and will bette fit with my available time to write. By the same token, the new magazine will allow me to branch out and write about arms that are not specifically related the Civil War. I am really lookin

Roadshow as an appraiser. Civil War News has been blessed to publish Tim’s columns. We couldn’t have asked for a more upstanding historian, author,

attend one of the 25+ shows he sets up at stop by and visit wi him. Tim will continue to work with us in our new magazine,

forward to exploring some new fields with the readers.

I am not leaving the team completely, but I will probably only be contributing a couple o

articles a year in the future. those of you who want to contin reading about the various arms that I find interesting, I hope

periodical. Based upon the samp issue that I have seen; it will very high-quality publication. So, this is not so much a “goodbye,” but more of an, “unt we meet again.” I hope you will be reading my new work very soon.

the items I sell, photographing
the items I sell, photographing
Monuments — January 2022