Tag Archives: Jack Melton

Favorite Soldier Memoirs

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Chris Mackowski

In his self-published book An Epic on “Old Abe,” The War Eagle (The War Eagle Book Association, 1894), S. C. Miles, a veteran of the 8th Wisconsin, extolled the virtue of first-person accounts of the war. Such accounts required “no … Continue reading →

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ECW Honors Jack Melton of Civil War News with Stevenson Award

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

Emerging Civil War is pleased to honor Jack Melton with its Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson Award for 2020. Melton and his wife, Peggy, own and publish Civil War News, the oldest continuing newspaper for Civil War enthusiasts, and The … Continue reading →

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“Best Little Book on Barnard”

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Historical Publications LLC of Charleston, S.C. is proud to announce publication of its new paperback, 100 Significant Civil War Photographs: Atlanta Campaign author by our own ECWer Stephen Davis. Steve writes that Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner and Timothy O’Sullivan are … Continue reading →

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Civil War News’ Gould Hagler

Posted on March 14, 2019 by ECW Guest Post

As part of our series with Civil War News, ECW is pleased to welcome Gould Hagler. In the spring and summer of 2016 I contributed two articles to Civil War News. After the second one Jack Melton called to ascertain … Continue reading →

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Civil War News’ Matthew Borowick

Posted on March 7, 2019 by ECW Guest Post

As part of our series with Civil War News, ECW is pleased to welcome Matthew Borowick.  Civil War round tables. They’ve been around a long time, dating back to the oldest one, The Civil War Round Table, born in 1940 … Continue reading →

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Civil War News’ Salvatore Cilella

Posted on March 2, 2019 by ECW Guest Post

As part of our series with Civil War News, ECW is pleased to welcome Salvatore Cilella. My mother and George H. W. Bush’s mother were cut from the same cloth. I was taught never to talk about myself.   Therefore, this … Continue reading →

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Civil War News’ Michael K. Shaffer

Posted on February 26, 2019 by ECW Guest Post

As part of our series with Civil War News, ECW is pleased to welcome Michael K. Shaffer. How time flies; seems only yesterday Jack Melton (publisher of Civil War News; [CWN]) and this writer discussed the possibility of a new … Continue reading →

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Extra! Extra! Civil War News!

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Over the previous year, Emerging Civil War has enjoyed a growing partnership with Civil War News, the monthly current events newspaper for the Civil War community. Since taking over the paper a couple years ago, owner/editor Jack Melton has been … Continue reading →

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Civil War News‘s November Annual “Book Issue”

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Steve Davis

I happen to be Book Review Editor for Civil War News, the nation’s monthly newspaper for enthusiasts. For our November issue I helped CWN Publisher Jack Melton plan some nifty features for the issue. 

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Congressman Wheeler Speaks in the House on Causes of the War

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Steve Davis

Jack Melton, publisher of Civil War News, often talks with me about little-known sources and items in Civil War history. Recently he pointed me to one such: a speech by Joseph Wheeler, later Confederate major general, then U. S. Representative … Continue reading →

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