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Category: Mission in Action

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Message from the CEO

Hello, my name is Rob Havers and as the new CEO and President of the American Civil War Museum, I look forward …

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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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Medical Mission in Action Women's History
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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Mission in Action Women's History
March 18, 2021 Chris Graham An etching portrait of Mary Ashton Livermore, Head and shoulders, 3/4 profile facing left.

Funds and Onions: The Relief Work and Advocacy of Mary Livermore

Last week we explored the impressive career of orator and abolitionist Anna Dickinson, who defiantly waded into the male-dominated eddies of party …

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March 12, 2021 Chris Graham

From the Stump and the Stage: The Idealism and Advocacy of Anna Dickinson

Anna Dickinson claims to have ridiculed Abraham Lincoln to his face. By her own account, she mocked his scruffy clothing and his …

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January 7, 2021 Chris Graham

Facing Legacies: A Photo from inside the U.S. Capitol

Yesterday’s insurrection at the US Capitol has stunned and angered us. We are still struggling to find the words to articulate our …

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January 7, 2021 The dome of the US Capitol building.

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 …

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ACWM Offers Free Admission to Virginia Public School Teachers and Students

RICHMOND — The American Civil War Museum will offer free admission to any Virginia public K-12 school teacher or student and will continue …

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Historical Resources to Understand & Explain the Present Unrest

Historian and American Civil War Museum board member Ed Ayers recently noted that, “if we are going to explain today, and lay …

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June 2, 2020 A black man in chains on a coin kneeling, "Am I Not a Brother?" surrounds him

ACWM Responds to Our Community in Crisis

We are heartbroken. We mourn the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless other victims of racial violence. …

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May 1, 2020 Chris Graham A print of a group of women of various ages burying a covered body. A black man with a shovel stands at the foot of the body. One woman is at the head of the head of the body looking up reciting a passage of the Bible.

Not Alone in History: How are You Mourning?

I held dad’s hand when he died. Mom gave him a long final embrace, and a kiss. These rituals comforted us, the …

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