The author examines how Carlton McCarthy, mayor of Richmond, Va., from 1904-1908, used the role of the common Confederate soldier in the Civil War to reinforce the Lost Cause narrative in his book, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, which, in turn, helped shape Civil War memory for many Southerners.
On the night of February 17, 1864, a Confederate submarine called the H.L. Hunley made world history when it destroyed the USS …
What happens when wars come home to Americans? From the moment the new Confederate States moved their capital to Richmond, Virginia in …
Did you know that the ACWM has more than 120,000 artifacts in its collection? Did you know that 100,000 of them are …
It’s July 4th weekend, for many Americans a time for celebration, fireworks, and grilling. But it’s also an opportunity to think about …
It has been 160 years since war erupted across the American landscape in 1861. Just a decade ago, organizations, historians, living history …
When you lie awake at night, what sensations do you feel? We have, fortunately, little in common with a U.S. soldier imprisoned …
CONTENT WARNING: Xenophobia, Anti-Asian Racism This blog post was written on the ancestral lands of the Indigenous peoples of the Powhatan Confederation, …
This article originally appeared in the American Civil War Museum Magazine, Winter 2016-2017. A mystery that has long accompanied the sword worn …
By the time the Civil War was over, both Stepney Brown and Julia Ann Mitchell had escaped Richmond. The ways in which they …