- Book Reviews — March 2018
By Book Reviews · Civil War News · CWN (Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 2018)
J. Howard Wert’s Gettysburg: A Collection of Relics from the Civil War Battle. By Bruce E. Mowday and G. Craig Caba. Map, photos, appendices…
- The Watchdog — March 2018
By Craig Barry · Civil War News · CWN (Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 2018)
“Those (Confederates) wearing our army belts did so with the “U.S.” upside down…” Henry Tisdale, 35th Mass. Inf.
- Monuments — March 2018
By Gould Hagler · Civil War News · CWN (Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 2018)
Even local seeded club events draw dozens of participants hoping for a big find. These events were unheard of 20 years ago but now offer an entirely…
- Black Powder, White Smoke — March 2018
By Joe Bilby · Civil War News · CWN (Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 2018)
We are back at the battle of New Bern again. Another interesting newspaper clipping arrived from my North Carolina friend Skip Riddle.
- Critic's Corner — March 2018
By Stephen Davis · Civil War News · CWN (Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 2018)
“Confederate history has survived its eras of apology, of brag and bombast, of pietistic biography, of de-bunking, of reappraisal and revisionism,”…
- Inspection, ARMS! — March 2018
By Tim Prince · Civil War News · CWN (Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 2018)
On October 9, 1860, John Parker Lindsay of New York City received U.S. Patent #30,332 for “improvement in locks for firearms.” The patent covered a…