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After the Battle of the Wilderness, near Fredericksburg

Civil War | Article

Company K of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters

It was 1861 when Michigan’s legislature dismissed the idea of George Copway — a popular Methodist minister and Chippewa — to recruit a regiment of...

Tintype Photograph of Union Soldiers Playing Cards

Civil War | Article

Battling Monotony

The National Civil War Museum highlights how soldiers combated boredom in wartime camps.

Civil War | Article

Abner Doubleday

If you’re a baseball fan and Civil War enthusiast, chances are you’ve heard of Abner Doubleday. This Union general was among those who defended Fort...

A striker (or batter) for Flemington Neshanock

Civil War | Article

Take Me Out to the Vintage Ball Game!

In Gettysburg, an annual festival brings the 1864 version of “base ball” to players and spectators alike to consider the history behind the great...

Restored colored slide image showing an illustration of Lincoln being shot

Civil War | Article

Troupe Movements

Theater has long thrived in the land we know as the United States, as the trials and tribulations presented in different works often have timeless...

Black and white group photo of soldiers in uniform with drums

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Battle of the Bands

From Revolution to Civil War, music has provided an outlet for American soldiers in camp and propelled them forward in battle. Lyrics were often...

Civil War | Article

Morgan's Great Raid of 1863

In the summer of 1863, things were looking very bleak for the Confederate armies in the field with battles and campaigns like Gettysburg, Vicksburg...

Civil War | Article

Battle of Buffington Island

After traveling 1,100 miles in two weeks, John Hunt Morgan and his men had reached the end of their raid through Kentucky and states north of the Ohio...

A collage of magicians and President Abraham Lincoln

Civil War | Article

A President Surrounded by Chaos, Mystified by Magic

President Lincoln's childhood fascination with magic continued into his time in the White House. Learn more about his love of mind-boggling feats and...

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The First Kentucky Raid

After the early Federal successes at Mill Springs, Middle Creek, Forts Henry and Donelson, and turning back the Confederates at Shiloh, by the summer...