Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...
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How the American Civil War Finally Ended

As the final months of the American Civil War unfolded, we follow how a long-fractured nation moved from brutal fighting ...
You want to learn more about the Civil War, right? Of course you do. It is a significant part of U.S. history that continues to impact Americans today. From 1861 to 1865, bloody battles were waged ...
William Faulkner famously wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." That could describe some of the recent historical discourse on the presidential campaign trail. First came Republican ...
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Confederate Rifle_ How It Changed the Civil War Forever

The Confederate rifle was a revolutionary weapon in the American Civil War. Its design, range, and accuracy changed ...
Virginia has a rich history with many chapters, including the American Civil War, which forever changed our nation. Stories of the Civil War and its legacies will be presented in a new dimension at ...
Cecily Zander, an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming, has earned the 2025 Center for Civil War Research’s Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War history. This ...
The 1850s and 1860s in America saw the rise of the “sentimental domestic idea.” Women were held up as examples of purity, piety, and submissiveness. In the American antebellum period, precise and ...
(WTAP) -On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil ...
The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table will host two programs in February, a virtual program Feb. 19 on African American soldiers’ contributions in the Civil War, and an in-person presentation by ...
The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.
Matt VanAcker said the conservation efforts will allow visitors to view the flag as it was when it returned to the county in ...