From Champion Hill
In honor of the Civil War Trust’s announcement that it has preserved more land at the Champion Hill battlefield, site of the largest battle of the Vicksburg campaign.
Read more...Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge
Read more...Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge
Read more...In Honor of the Ft. Stevens 150th
Read more...Haw’s Shop in Pictures
On May 28, 1864, as the Army of the Potomac crossed the Pamunkey River, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan commanding the Cavalry Corps was given the assignment to protect the Yankee bridgehead and to report back on any Confederate movements. With only the division of Brig. Gen. David Gregg available for his mission, Sheridan struck out […]
Read more...Influence of Religion: Women Nurses in the Civil War—part two
Part two of a series In the book, Religion and the American Civil War, the authors discuss how religion became important in America during the early republic and into the early 1800s. This became particularly true as the United States evolved from an agrarian society into an industrialized society. Both North and South were extremely […]
Read more...The Trenches at North Anna
The North Anna battlefield, so often overlooked, is operated as a county historical park by Hanover County, VA. The park boasts some of the best-preserved earthworks in the Eastern Theater, thanks to the good corporate stewardship of the General Crushed Stone company, which donated part of the land for the park. 149 years ago today, […]
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