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  • Appomattox in Black, White, Blue, & Gray

    Join us at The American Civil War Museum–Appomattox on Thursday, February 12, 2026, for a living history presentation and lecture by Reverend …

    $10

  • Civil War Espionage

    Mornings at the Museum are BACK this Spring Break! Richmond was an active site for spies during the Civil War. Join us to decrypt …

    $10

  • Simple Machines at Tredegar

    Mornings at the Museum are BACK this Spring Break!Though it is a museum today, our site used to be the home of the Tredegar …

    $10

  • Why Gettysburg Matters

    Why has Gettysburg always been the Civil War’s most famous battle and how has it shaped American national identity? In this talk, professor of U.S. political history Adam Smith argues that ever since the news of Confederate defeat spread on July 4, 1863, Gettysburg has been imagined as a place of national “rebirth”. In its own way, it has been — and continues to be — as vital to the story of American nationhood as anything that happened in the Revolution. Members Reception at 5 pm

    $10

  • Opium Slavery with Jonathan S. Jones

    Join Jonathan S. Jones for a virtual talk on Civil War veterans, opiate addiction, and how its legacy connects to today’s opioid crisis. During the Civil War, opium and morphine were widely used because they were easy to get, making them a big part of wartime medicine. After the war ended, thousands of sick and injured soldiers became addicted, or as nineteenth-century Americans phrased it, “enslaved” to the drug. Veterans, their families, and communities struggled to deal with the health and social effects that came with addiction. Medical and government authorities didn’t always respond well, often saying addiction was caused …

    Free

  • A Nation in Mourning with Derek D. Maxfield

    American Civil War Museum - Appomattox 159 Horseshoe Rd, Appomattox, Virginia, United States

    Join us for Derek Maxfield’s talk on Victorian America, Civil War disruption, and how it reshaped 19th-century views of death. By 1860, Victorians had come to dominate the American cultural landscape. The working class sought for most of the century to emulate them, while the wealthy used their advantages to set themselves apart with material goods and selectively followed Victorian rules to appear sophisticated. However, Victorian cultural dominance was severely challenged by the Civil War. The harsh realities of war changed Victorian values and left many searching for ways to cope. In few areas was this more apparent than in …

    $10

  • Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color & the Fight For Civil Rights in the Civil War Era

    Free people of color, through their military service and advocacy, used the political and social disruptions brought about by the Civil War to push for a second founding of the nation. Join us as Dr. Warren Eugene Milteer, Jr.  shows how free people of color sought to reshape the United States into a place in which all Americans would enjoy freedom and equal access to a broad spectrum of rights, promoting equality and justice as fundamental features of American life during the Civil War era. With Dr. Warren Eugene Milteer, Jr., Associate Professor of history at the George Washington University. …

    $10