Spring 2022 CEO Message from Dr. Rob Havers
Transcript: Hello I’m Rob Havers, President, and CEO of the American Civil War Museum inviting you to explore our sites in Richmond …
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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 …