Personalities

May 2026 CVBT History Wire – It Becomes My Painful Duty to Inform You: Condolence Letters & Obituaries from Civil War Soldiers in Central Virginia – Part II

by Tim Talbott

Posted on May 16, 2026

Nathaniel Hawthorne Goes to War

by ECW Guest Post

Posted on May 14, 2026

“A Colony for Incurables”: Surgeon Sylvester Willard & His Insane Asylum

by Madeline Feierstein

Posted on May 11, 2026

John Lott – “The first colored man that shouldered a musket in the Union Army”

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on May 6, 2026

“It Killed Him Instantly”: The Death of Pvt. Jerry Finch at Chancellorsville

by Tim Talbott

Posted on May 1, 2026

In Memory of Steve Davis: Chris Mackowski

by Chris Mackowski

Posted on April 21, 2026

In Memory of Steve Davis: Melissa Winn

by Melissa Winn

Posted on April 21, 2026

R. E. Lee Visits Family Estates and Extended Relatives: How his character was influenced by both

by JoAnna McDonald

Posted on April 21, 2026

From Presidential Assassin to Papal Zouave: The Escape, Capture, Escape and Fate of John Surratt

by Kevin Donovan

Posted on April 17, 2026