Category: Civil War
Female Civil War Nurses Scrubbed from Defense Department’s Web Site
Military.Com has discovered that the Defense Department has scrubbed an article on its web site that detailed the history of women nurses recruited during the…
Vicksburg Has Lost 32% of Its Staff Under DOGE Cuts
Vicksburg National Military Park has lost 7 full-time staff members out of a staff of 22. 32% of the staff has been laid off at…
Grant Aide Ely Parker Removed from Pentagon Web Site
Ulysses S. Grant’s aide, Seneca Tonawanda Native American Ely Parker, was profiled on the Defense Department’s website as an historical portrait. The Washington Post revealed…
Civil War Camp Nelson in Kentucky Loses Nearly a Quarter of Staff
Three full-time staffers at Camp Nelson in Kentucky have been fired as a result of the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” This National Park Service site…
List of Civil War Sites Where Permanent Staff Have Been Fired by National Park Service
For the last five weeks we have been receiving reports of layoffs within the National Park Service. When the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” took place…
Fort Benning is Renamed Fort Benning by Sec. Hegseth
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reprised his renaming of United States military bases after Confederates. Fort Benning, which was renamed Fort Moore in 2023, will be…
Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III
Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III published by LSU Press…
National Civil War Museum Harrisburg Pennsylvania
I remember when the National Civil War Museum opened in 2001 after costs of $32 million dollars to build and equip. Back then there were…
New Jersey State Museum in Trenton
The New Jersey State Museum is a fairly large modern museum located at 195-205 West State Street in Trenton, the state capital. It is just…
Parks Reduce Services: Call Your Congressperson TODAY to Restore Staff to National Parks
The National Park Service conserves some of the greatest natural wonders and preserves historic and cultural icons in the United States of America. But it…