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 …

Hello, my name is Rob Havers and as the new CEO and President of the American Civil War Museum, I look forward …
By the time the Civil War was over, both Stepney Brown and Julia Ann Mitchell had escaped Richmond. The ways in which they …
The American Civil War helped nursing become a profession for women in the United States. Although some training for nurses did exist …
Last week we explored the impressive career of orator and abolitionist Anna Dickinson, who defiantly waded into the male-dominated eddies of party …
Anna Dickinson claims to have ridiculed Abraham Lincoln to his face. By her own account, she mocked his scruffy clothing and his …
Yesterday’s insurrection at the US Capitol has stunned and angered us. We are still struggling to find the words to articulate our …
The events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021 are not only shocking in today’s world, but also generated …
RICHMOND — The American Civil War Museum will offer free admission to any Virginia public K-12 school teacher or student and will continue …
Historian and American Civil War Museum board member Ed Ayers recently noted that, “if we are going to explain today, and lay …
We are heartbroken. We mourn the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless other victims of racial violence. …
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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