At the time of the war, Memphis’s four leading newspapers were the Appeal, Argus, Avalanche …
Reprinted from an article written by Gen. Samuel Jones and Gen. Joseph R. Hawley in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 4, 1888, pp. 76-80.
“You can’t save a man by telling him of his sins. He knows them already. Tell him there is pardon and love waiting for him. Win his confidence and make him understand that you believe in him, and never give him up!” – Fanny Crosby
SAVANNAH, GA – Fort Pulaski will once again celebrate the holiday season with a trip into the past on Friday, December 16th and Saturday, December 17th. The long-lived Savannah tradition returns with night-time tours of the fort by candlelight and oil lamps.
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Now Open Regular Hours
Fort Oglethorpe, GA—On Saturday, November 5, at 10 am, 1 p.m., and 3 p.m., and on Sunday, November 6, at 10 a.m., Chickamauga and Chattanooga …
“A Dull Life of Routine” - Life During the Siege of Chattanooga
Saturday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
“The Confederate troops are now entirely armed with excellent rifles, mostly Enfields.” Quote from the work: dated June 22, 1863 (Monday), wri…
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Fort Oglethorpe, GA—Join the staff and volunteers of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military as we commemorate the 159th Anniversary of …
Petersburg, Va.—Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is observing Halloween with a historically set murd…
“If this great leviathan [USS Wabash] could be made to twist and roll, and writhe as she did, what must those tiny vessels in comparison be do…
Mrs. Susan Archer Weiss, eye-witness, Battle of Hampton Roads wrote “...the little Teaser (commanded by Capt. Webb) pushed her way in between …
Editor’s Question: Do you own the two-volume Civil War Books discussed below? Steve bought his from Dr. Bell Wiley when at Emory — $14 for bot…
From the time technology allowed for the mass-production of half-tone photographs, publishers have offered Civil War photography books. Miller…
Book Review Editor’s note: in the March 2018 issue of our newspaper, we wrote of Richard Barksdale Harwell’s In Tall Cotton: The 200 Most Impo…
[The following interesting and valuable paper was written in 1866 as an appendix to a proposed history of Longstreet’s corps by its able and a…
Here is an image of a Confederate soldier, well outfitted with what appears to be a matching jacket and trousers for his uniform, an Enfield P…
Originally published in the November 2018 issue of Civil War News.
Since November is the Civil War News annual book review issue, publisher Jack Melton suggested that I nominate some classic Civil War firearms…
For every reader of Civil War history there is always the challenge, upon completion of a good book, of what next to read. Since the field of …
