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Event Archives:America's Civil War

Aerial photo of Little Round Top

Evolution of a Battlefield: Early Photographs of Gettysburg Showcase Its Changing Landscapes

by Michael Waricher7/3/20235/12/2023
20th Maine charge down Little Round Top

The 20th Maine’s Little Round Top Hero Had a Hardscrabble Life

by Jared Peatman6/29/202310/12/2023
George McClellan

Mending the McClellan Myth

by Christopher Howland6/26/20238/20/2023
Steamships on the Cumberland River

How a Steamboat Saved a Confederate Army

by Stuart W. Sanders6/22/20236/22/2023
Citizens helping soldiers on street in Richmond, Va.

12 Civilians Who Played Unusual, Outsized Roles in the Civil War

by HistoryNet Staff6/19/20235/12/2023
Spencer patent drawing for "magazine gun"

This Civil War Weapon Changed the Face of Warfare

by Dana B. Shoaf6/15/20235/12/2023
Privates Joseph Hakin and William A. Wilson

At War’s End, These Union Soldiers Thought They Were Being Mustered Out. Instead, They Found Themselves Back in the Fray… Under Custer

by Richard H. Holloway6/12/20236/15/2023
Sculpture of U.S. Grant, Edwin Stanton, and Abraham Lincoln

This Union Sculptor Exemplifies the Mid-19th-Century Home Decor Revolution

by Gary W. Gallagher6/8/20235/24/2023

The Sky Seemed the Limit for Union General Fitz John Porter. Then Came Second Bull Run.

by William Marvel6/7/20236/7/2023
View of Philippi, West Virginia

Tread the Ground that Hosted the First Land Battle of the Civil War

by Melissa A. Winn6/5/20236/5/2023

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