Historical Resources to Contextualize the Storming of the U.S. Capitol
The events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021 are not only shocking in today’s world, but also generated …

The events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021 are not only shocking in today’s world, but also generated …
By Robert Hancock Director of Collections & Senior Curator Three days before Christmas in 1863, Nathaniel J. Cundiff, a soldier in the …
By John Coski Historian Perhaps the most underrated valuable materials in any library collection are pamphlets. The Museum’s large pamphlet collection includes …
By John Coski Historian Eighty-eight years ago this month, on the 11th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, …
By John Coski Historian On the 11th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre, African-American abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered the …
By John Coski Historian On July 1, 1878, the United States War Department hired Marcus J. Wright (1831-1922) a former Confederate brigadier …
By John Coski Historian Most Civil War students are familiar with the parole passes issued to the soldiers of General R. …
By John Coski Historian The recipient of the Museum’s 2015-2016 Founders Award, which recognizes excellence in the editing of primary source documents, …
By John Coski Historian The most popular subjects of sketches by Civil War soldiers were their camps – no doubt a …
By John Coski Historian Prompted by Germany’s declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, the United States entered “the Great War” on the side …
By John Coski Historian How long should historians wait to start writing histories of war? Several Virginians began writing histories of the …
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