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Author: Jeniffer Maloney

History is Present Mission in Action

History Needs Heroes Campaign

History Needs Heroes Preserve the Past, Inspire the Future A campaign to fund the preservation of the ACWM’s world-class collection of Civil …

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Audio Story People In Perspective
September 23, 2021 Painting showing the H.L. Hunley, and its inventor, on a dock in against a background of water and a blue sky.

Under Pressure: Making History with the H.L. Hunley

On the night of February 17, 1864, a Confederate submarine called the H.L. Hunley made world history when it destroyed the USS …

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August 18, 2021

New Exhibit: "Richmonders at War"

What happens when wars come home to Americans? From the moment the new Confederate States moved their capital to Richmond, Virginia in …

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August 16, 2021 Ana Edwards Gutta Percha points used in dentistry.

From POWs to Dental Work: The Strange Career of Gutta-Percha

Did you know that the ACWM has more than 120,000 artifacts in its collection? Did you know that 100,000 of them are …

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July 2, 2021

Between the Bylines: Union and Independence in the Summer of 1861

It’s July 4th weekend, for many Americans a time for celebration, fireworks, and grilling. But it’s also an opportunity to think about …

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May 25, 2021 Steve Thanh Phan

I See My Father in His Image: Asian Legacies and the Civil War

It has been 160 years since war erupted across the American landscape in 1861. Just a decade ago, organizations, historians, living history …

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May 24, 2021 Gabriel Hunter-Chang Tents in muddy ground next to prison fence.

Sensing the Past: Nighttime at Andersonville Prison

When you lie awake at night, what sensations do you feel? We have, fortunately, little in common with a U.S. soldier imprisoned …

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May 18, 2021 Emma Ito U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island, San Francisco Bay. Dormitory: From Photographs from the Hart Hyatt North papers: Angel Island

Who can belong in America? Understanding Citizenship for Asian Americans and Asian Immigrants

CONTENT WARNING: Xenophobia, Anti-Asian Racism This blog post was written on the ancestral lands of the Indigenous peoples of the Powhatan Confederation, …

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April 16, 2021 Presentation sword: slightly curved blade with quill back, etched with floral designs, stands of arms and trophies, "Gen'l Robert E. Lee, from a Marylander 1863" on obverse, "Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera" (Help yourself and God will help you) on reverse

Anonymous No More: Lee’s ‘Marylander’ Benefactor Revealed

This article originally appeared in the American Civil War Museum Magazine, Winter 2016-2017.  A mystery that has long accompanied the sword worn …

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March 30, 2021 Chris Graham Julian Ann Mitchell, portrait, bust.

How to Leave Town: Julia Ann Mitchell and Stepney Brown

By the time the Civil War was over, both Stepney Brown and Julia Ann Mitchell had escaped Richmond. The ways in which they …

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March 22, 2021 Kelly Hancock A Ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C. U.S. soliders are lying in beds against the walls and one soldier is in a wheelchair in the center of the image. Two women nurses are seated next to bedridden soliders on the right. The ward's ceiling is decorated with streamers and U.S. Flags.

Only the First Step Costs: The Pioneering Work of Phoebe Pember and Susie King Taylor

The American Civil War helped nursing become a profession for women in the United States. Although some training for nurses did exist …

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11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Tredegar History Tours every Saturday & Sunday at 11am and 3pm

May 22
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Abraham Lincoln & George McClellan

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