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Civil War Weather: How African Winds and Yellowstone Snows Impact Mississippi River Valley Civil War Sites

by Neil P. Chatelain

Posted on February 21, 2023

Escaped New Orleans slave made a good Maine soldier

by Brian Swartz

Posted on February 10, 2023

“Always willing to bear his part of the danger and hardship of his fellow soldiers”: A Story from Winchester National Cemetery

by Jon Tracey

Posted on September 28, 2022

Civil War Medicine: “I Should Have Had The Hand Taken Off”

by Sarah Kay Bierle

Posted on September 26, 2022

Maine at War August 2022 blog posts

by Brian Swartz

Posted on September 3, 2022

The 24th Maine’s colonel excoriates Nathaniel Banks

by Brian Swartz

Posted on July 23, 2022

“Blackest Man in New Orleans” – Captain Cailloux of the Louisiana Native Guards – Part 2

by Sheritta Bitikofer

Posted on July 9, 2022

“Blackest Man in New Orleans” – Captain Cailloux of the Louisiana Native Guards – Part 1

by Sheritta Bitikofer

Posted on July 8, 2022

The fall of Vicksburg: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion

by JoAnna McDonald

Posted on July 4, 2022