To build the world’s most comprehensive, trusted, and interconnected digital resource for military history, military collectibles, and historical research — connecting collectors, dealers, museums, auction houses, historians, publishers, and enthusiasts through authoritative information, powerful search technology, and the largest searchable knowledge base in the field.
— Jack W. Melton Jr., Historical Publications LLC
Our Publications and Web Properties
That mission is carried out across a family of print publications and websites, each covering a different part of the field and each linked to the others:
- Civil War News — the publication of record for the Civil War community since 1974, now a full-color glossy magazine.
- Military Antique Collector — covering militaria and military antiques from the Colonial era through the twentieth century.
- The Rampant Colt — the official publication of the Colt Collectors Association, produced by Historical Publications LLC.
- CivilWarNews.com — the online home of Civil War News and the full-text archive of its published articles.
- CivilWarNewsMagazine.com — the magazine portal: current issue, departments, events, and printed back issues.
- MilitaryAntiqueCollector.com — the online home of Military Antique Collector and its article archive.
- ArtifactSearch.com — the searchable index of authentic military antiques offered by trusted dealers and auction houses.
- RelicsOfWar.com — the collector's companion to ArtifactSearch: guides by era and category, an identification library, and a price guide built from the sold-item archive.
- CivilWarDealers.com — the directory of Civil War dealers, shows, and services.
- CivilWarEvents.com — the national calendar of shows, tours, reenactments, and commemorations.
- CivilWarArtillery.com — the reference archive of Civil War cannon, projectiles, fuzes, and ordnance.
- Civil War News Article Archives and the Civil War Photo Archive — our searchable research collections.
What We Stand For
- Accuracy first. Information is researched, documented, and presented factually. Where something is unverified, we say so.
- Trusted sources. We work with established dealers, auction houses, museums, and researchers, and we do not knowingly promote reproductions represented as originals.
- Preservation and education. Artifacts, photographs, and documents are recorded so that the history they carry is not lost.
- Interconnection. Our publications, directories, calendars, and search tools are built to work together, so a collector, historian, or institution can move from a question to an answer in one place.
Contact Us
Questions about our mission, our publications, or working with us:
- 📞 (800) 777-1862
- ✉️ info@historicalpublicationsllc.com
- 📍 3022 South Morgans Point Road, Suite 222, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466