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- Judge Orders Sale Of Slavery Museum Land
By Scott C. Boyd
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – In what may be the beginning of the end of the 12-year history of the National Slavery Museum, a circuit court judge on Sept. 25 ordered that the never-built museum’s 38.165 acres be sold at public auction to pay long overdue real estate taxes.
- Rain, Scenery Create A Chickamauga 150th Event To Remember
By Gregory L. Wade
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — The 150th Battle of Chickamauga hosted approximately 6,000 reenactors and several thousand spectators on the battle’s anniversary in bucolic McLemore’s Cove at a farm virtually untouched by modern intrusion.
- Kennesaw Battle Park Movie Debuts
By Joe Kirby
MARIETTA, Ga. – The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain is explained and retold with unprecedented realism and accuracy in a new 35-minute film showing at the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Visitor Center and keyed to tie in with the Civil War Sesquicentennial.
- Civil War Gear Inspires Veteran To Invent Modern Equipment
By Nancy Jennis Olds
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Reenactor James Cragg, who took part in the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee’s 150th anniversary reenactment, has made a business of understanding the Civil War.
- Commentary
Stephen Davis Sees Increase In Western Theater Studies
A decade ago I reviewed Richard McMurry’s The Fourth Battle of Winchester, in which the author argues that the Civil War was decided in the Western Theater.
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Civil War News is a current events monthly newspaper published by Kathryn Jorgensen. She and her late husband Peter were community newspaper publishers,
collectors and history buffs. The newspaper was founded in 1974 by
Michael A. Cavanaugh as The Civil War Book Exchange.
Civil War News publishes:
- More than 600 coming event listings a year
- Extensive coverage of preservation efforts and threats at sites
across the country
- In-depth reviews of more than 200 Civil War books a year
- A monthly guest Preservation News editorial page column
- Regular columns on firearms by Joe Bilby, images by Ron Coddington and Civil War Round Tables by Matthew Borowick,medical by Jim Schmidt. We're happy to announce a new column by The Watchdog
- Photo coverage of reenactments
- Special sections with new year's coming events and unit & group recruiting ads in January, information about groups doing preservation fundraising in April, Gettysburg in July and Civil War books in November.
- AND news, photos, features, letters, researcher's needs and display and classified ads
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November Issue