2021

A Volunteer in the Regulars: The Civil War Journal and Memoir of Gilbert Thompson, US Engineer Battalion. Edited by Mark A. Smith.Photographs and…

Confederacy. It is worth noting that at least one Confederate contract with J.E. Barnett & Sons fell into Union hands when the C.S. Government did…

by Sarah Kay Bierle, CVBT

The seat of Alabama’s Winston County is Double Springs, a small town where about 1,000 of the county’s 24,000 people reside. Both highways leading…

Grip is made from spirally cut wood with leather cover and wire wrap. Much of the leather has chipped away due to the dry environment where it was…

On December 4, 1852, Joseph Bentley received British Patent No. 960/1852 for a percussion revolver, and on April 4, 1854, he received an additional…

Embattled Capital—A Guide to Richmond During the Civil War. By Robert M. Dunkerly and Doug Crenshaw. Maps, Photos, Illustrations, Bibliography. 177…

cannot be gained by firing at long ranges; at short ranges the (smoothbore musket with) the buck and ball cartridge is certainly more effective. It…

children” and advocated compensation and aid for the survivors.

Like many retired people, John Miller is as busy, if not busier, than he was when he was working. The retired civil engineer, after careers in the…

remain in position until reinforced. As he waited, the Union feint was activated; when Capt. William Duff’s 18th Miss. company skirmished with the…

One of the best illustrations of the Confederacy’s lack of manufacturing capacity when compared to that of the Union is the small number of revolvers…

Bullets & Bandages: The Aid Stations And Field Hospitals At Gettysburg. By James Gindlesperger Appendices, Notes, and Index, 360pp., 2020. Blair/…

Weekend Warrior: Over Fifty Years Re-living American History. By Lawrence J. Bopp, illustrated, appendices, subject index. Privately published 2020…

The cedar trees have grown, Eric Powell thought as he recently drove by Pelham’s Corner — a tract of Fredericksburg battlefield preserved and…

This month’s column will continue to examine the accounts of women who, in various ways, served, or claimed to serve, the Confederacy and Union…

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100 Significant Civil War Photographs: Atlanta Campaign presents a riveting collection of George Barnard’s camera work. Most of the photographs are…

The U.S. Model 1843 Hall carbine was one of the more colorful long arms of the American Civil War era because roughly half the production run was…

went into camp before the end of the month, where a regular depot of supplies might be established from which the other parts of the rations could be…

In an earlier column I reviewed the brief military careers of a few Southern and Northern women who, motivated by love, went a-soldiering, or tried…

In May 1861, as the “Rebellion” was heating up, the Burlington Times of Burlington, Daily Vermont, published some instructive information on military…

I first visited Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle on Memorial Day weekend in 1998. My family had spent the holiday camping on the beach at the Outer Banks…

MK Shows presents the 34th Annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show and Sale at the Williamson County Ag Expo Park, 4215 Long Lane in Franklin. The…

Suppliers To The Confederacy Volume Four: From Brass Pins, Pistols and Swords to Warships. By David C. Burt. Illustrated, bibliography, appendices…

financially, or at least lessened the misery on the home front. The amounts of paper currency in circulation were not solely responsible for their…

“The woods in front were so thick that it was impossible to see more than 20 steps from our line.”

My paternal grandfather was a brick manufacturer, a practical and down-to-earth occupation for a practical and down-to-earth man. He was also a…

New Jersey Governor Rodman Price, who viewed himself rather grandiosely, apparently decided to capitalize on his Adjutant General Thomas…

100 Significant Civil War Photographs: Atlanta Campaign presents a riveting collection of George Barnard’s camera work. Most of the photographs are…

There is probably no more iconic Civil War image than the young Confederate soldier, heading off to war with an absurdly large fighting knife in his…

Ex Parte Milligan Reconsidered: Rage and Civil Liberties from the Lincoln Administration to the War on Terror. Edited by Stewart L. Winger and…

would theoretically “work” in both arms, it required adaptation before the Enfield cartridge could be issued in the field. C.L. Bragg noted in, Never…

In September 1863 war came to Georgia in earnest when Federal and Confederate armies clashed at Chickamauga. The following year, Sherman’s armies…

The Third New Jersey Cavalry was a most unusual unit, at least in appearance. The regiment

392 page, full-color book, Civil War Artillery Projectiles – The Half Shell Book.

The Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer Army percussion revolver was manufactured in rather limited quantities, with production estimated by most…

An Immigrant Story. By Kenneth E. Burchett. Illustrated, Index, Notes, Amity American Publishing, 2020, 167 pp., softcover. Amity America.

days rations and have absolutely no room in your haversack, you should keep your assortment of tin ware stored inside. We often bang around like…

If you’re driving along Orange Plank Road, just west of the historic Brock Road intersection during your battlefield history stops, you’ll pass the…

In his memoirs Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon devoted a chapter to the second day of the Battle of the Wilderness. Nearly all the 19page discussion is…

American rifle and shotgun manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms is commemorating Benjamin Tyler Henry’s 200th birthday with a limited-edition release of…

Lincoln signed the bill into a law that stipulated a fine of up to $10,000 and a two-year term in prison as the potential punishment for accepting…

During the course of the American Civil War a large number of contracts were let by the Ordnance Department to various makers to produce the U.S.…