Compiled by the staff at the American Civil War Museum

We know how difficult it can be to talk about issues like slavery and the Civil War with children: how do you make such a complicated topic simple enough for a 5 year old to understand--without making it seem better than it was?

By Michael C. Hardy
Historian 

Michael C. Hardy is the 2010 North Carolina Historian of the Year. He specializes in writing about North Carolina and Civil War history. You can learn more about him by checking out his web page at: michaelchardy.com

He probably started off as a Confederate soldier, deserted, joined the Union army, and even had a fort named for him. But when it comes to the life of William W. Rollins, plenty of questions remain.

By Chris Graham
Greenback America Guest Curator

By Chris Graham
Greenback America Guest Curator

On the BackStory podcast, the History Guys offered a “short take” on the election results. In searching through historical antecedents for the movement that propelled Donald Trump, Ed Ayers and Brian Balogh considered George Wallace and Huey Long, but I think they found the best analogy in the Populist movement of the 1880s and 1890s. The Populists felt, according to Ayers, that

By ACWM staff

By John Coski
Historian

By Patrick Saylor
Director of Marketing and PR

By Jodi Frederiksen
American Civil War Museum Collections Manager

By Patrick Saylor
Director, Marketing Communications

This weekend, many Americans engaged in a ritual that occurs each fall as the days grow shorter. Specifically, we turned our clocks back one hour as we return from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time.

We recently sent our marketing intern Will over to the Virginia Capitol to deliver some brochures and experience the grounds as a visitor so that he could provide tips to Museum guests that might want to add to their Civil War experience in Richmond. Here is his report.

Looking for even more history after visiting the Museum’s two downtown Richmond sites? Take a walk over to the Virginia State Capitol.