Message from the CEO
Transcription Hello, my name is Rob Havers and as the new CEO and President of the American Civil War Museum, I look …
Category: Military History
A Confederate-Yankee Mystery | Shared Blog By Michael C. Hardy
By Michael C. Hardy Historian Michael C. Hardy is the 2010 North Carolina Historian of the Year. He specializes in writing about …
White House Wednesday | Ordnance Prototypes
By Robert Hancock Senior Curator and Director of Collections Today we might call President Jefferson Davis a micro-manager. He took interest in …
July 2016 Artifact of the Month | The Spoils of War, 155 Years Later
By Jodi Frederiksen Collections Manager The Battle of First Manassas, fought on July 21, 1861, was the first major battle of the …
On This Day in History | Friday the 13th in the Civil War
By Leo Rohr Marketing Manager Whether you subscribe to superstition or not, Friday the 13th has entered our popular culture as a …
April 2016 Documents of the Month | "The approach of spring"
By John Coski Historian Most modern Americans anticipate eagerly the end of the winter and the coming of spring. Imagine how much …
On This Day in History | Whisky, Whisky, Whisky
Compiled by Museum Staff Oh this day in 1862, the Norfolk Day Book reported the following about the state of the city. “Whisky — …
On This Day in History | The Battle of Pea Ridge/Elkhorn Tavern
Compiled by Museum Staff On this day in 1862, the Trans-Mississippi theater saw some of its fiercest fighting as the Battle of Pea …