History Needs Heroes Campaign
History Needs Heroes Preserve the Past, Inspire the Future A campaign to fund the preservation of the ACWM’s world-class collection of Civil …
Category: People In Perspective
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 …
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 …
Printing the Legend: The Unseen Courage of Harriet Tubman
Featured Image: Map of the Underground Railroad. Tubman used the route which ran from Maryland to Wilmington, Delaware, then to Albany, New …
The Death and Transfiguration of Robert E. Lee
One hundred and fifty years ago today, on October 12, 1870, Robert E. Lee died at his home in Lexington, Virginia, from …
Annual Legacies: Pheobe Yates Levy Pember
Born Phoebe Yates Levy on August 18, 1823, in Charleston, South Carolina, she was the fourth of seven children in a prominent …
Annual Legacies: Susie Baker King Taylor
Susie Baker King Taylor was born into slavery on August 6, 1848 to Hagar and Raymond Baker on the Grest Farm in …
Annual Legacies: Annie Bell
Annie Bell was the central subject for one of the most popular photos used by the U.S. Sanitary Commission (USSC). The photo, …
Annual Legacies: Chaplain Garland H. White
There are thousands of legacies housed within the American Civil War Museum, and the Annual Fund helps to provide critical funding for …
Annual Legacies: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
There are thousands of legacies housed within the American Civil War Museum, and the Annual Fund helps to provide critical funding for …
Freedom Fighters at Rest
By Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer Welcome guest bloggers, Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer. The Palmers moved to Virginia in 2013 from …