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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White House Wednesday | Needlework Case
This needlework kit includes a mirror, comb, scissors, bone tweezers, blunt end needle, bone lead pencil, double-bladed bone handled pocket knife, perfume …
White House Wednesday | Lovebirds Girandole
Details sometimes get lost among the many gilded finishes in the White House of the Confederacy. This decorative candlestick, called a girandole, …
The Tredegar Society Presents: A Sensory History Tour of Belle Isle Prison Camp
About 40 people joined the Tredegar Society for the 90 minute conversational walking tour to Belle Isle on Saturday, June 6. The …
The Force is Strong with Dr. Jonathan Letterman
Meg Thompson of the Emerging Civil War blog recently made an interesting connection between the American Civil War and the Intergalactic Civil …
White House Wednesday | Summer Dress Upholstery Covers
Summer in Virginia invariably brings heat and insects. In the White House of the Confederacy, as in many wealthier homes, cotton or canvas …
White House Wednesday | Gasolier Man
On a tour of the White House of the Confederacy, look closely at the gasoliers—you may find one looking back at you. …
June 2015 Document of the Month | Prison Release & Parole Form
What a difference three days could make. Soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia present for the surrender at Appomattox on April …
June 2015 Artifact of the Month | Thomas Green Penn's Hardtack
The Civil War is sometimes called “a Rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight.” Laws, in both the North and …
Civil War Fact of the Day | May 26, 2015
On this day in 1865, Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith’s Trans-Mississippi Department was surrendered (without his knowledge, though he accepted the terms one …
May 2015 Artifacts of the Month | Pencil and cufflinks
On May 11, 1865, Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, was arrested in Crawfordville, Georgia. When informed that he was to …