Category: Civil War
Battle of Cold Harbor Living History This Weekend
This weekend the Richmond National Battlefield Park will commemorate the bloody Battle of Cold Harbor. The weekend’s events will be held at the Cold Harbor…
“Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples” Opening in D.C. at National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will open a new exhibition of Civil War photography on July 1. “Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples” is the title…
Franklin, Tenn. Memorializes Local “Slaves to Soldiers”
Franklin, Tenn. marked Memorial Day by installing nineteen new engraved bricks in a ceremonial walkway honoring local men who enlisted in the United States Colored…
Video: Watch the Rededication of the Shaw/54th Massachusetts Memorial in Boston
You can watch the video of today’s entire National Rededication of the Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial in Boston.
New Statue of Norway Immigrant and Union Col. Hans Heg Dedicated in Madison, Wi.
The statue of Col. Hans Heg was torn down by a small group of protesters in Madison, Wisconsin in 2020. Last year, a new version…
Spy Agency Created Online Exhibit on Spying During Civil War
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center which is part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has created an online exhibit on espionage during…
Elmira Prison Camp Site Reopens on Saturdays This Summer
The Elmira Civil War Prison Camp has announced it will be reopening this summer. The camp, which held thousands of captured Confederates in 1864 and…
Exhibit “Mustering Memory: 160 Years of Saluting the Civil War” Looks at How the War has Been Remembered Over the Years
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum is opening a new exhibit on how the Civil War has been remembered over the years. Civil…
American Civil War Museum in Richmond Opening New Theater
The American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, is opening a new theater at its Tredegar site in June. The Richmond Times Dispatch has a…
Grant Bicentennial at Culpeper Va. This Weekend
Culpeper, Va., an hour west of Fredericksburg, will be the site of a commemoration of the Grant Bicentennial this weekend. Grant was born on April…
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