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This week in the Civil War: Lee moves into Maryland
Over the weekend, reenactors with the 2nd South Carolina String Band entertained visitors to Hagerstown, Maryland, with familiar old tunes like "Oh! Susannah," "Buffalo Gals" and "Dixie," the...
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This week in the Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain
On Saturday, over 4,000 reenactors from around the world gathered at Boonsboro Town Farm in Boonsboro, Maryland, to commemorate the battles of South Mountain and Antietam 150 years ago, the...
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This week in the Civil War: The Battle of Antietam
On Sunday, residents of Sharpsburg, Maryland, heard the roar of cannon and the rattle of musket fire as some 5,000 reenactors relived the single bloodiest day in American military history, the...
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This week in the Civil War: Lincoln declares war against slavery
On Saturday, the grave of Private Edmund Sampare, a Union soldier from Minnesota who died in the Battle of Antietam, was rededicated in a ceremony that also marked the 150th anniversary of President...
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This week in the Civil War: The Battle of Corinth
One hundred fifty years ago this week, some 22,000 Confederate soldiers converged on the key railroad city of Corinth, Mississippi, hoping to recapture the city from Union forces, the Associated Press...
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This week in the Civil War: The Battle of Perryville
On Saturday, thousands flocked to Perryville, Kentucky, to mark the 150th anniversary of the largest Civil War battle in Kentucky.According to Central Kentucky News, "spectators were already using...
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This week in the Civil War: Confederate raiders in Kentucky, Pennsylvania
On Saturday, Civil War reenactors fought the fictitious Battle of Windy Knoll in Worcester, Massachusetts, as part of a living history weekend hosted by the City of Worcester and the Central...
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This week in the Civil War: McClellan's final days in command
On Saturday, about 2,500 Civil War reenactors met on the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Middletown, Virginia, to "replay the Battle of Rutherford's Farm" for a crowd estimated at 2,500 to 3,000, the...
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This week in the Civil War: The Battle of Island Mound
On Sunday, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported that Missouri dedicated a new state historic site, intended to serve as a monument to the bravery of the black Union soldiers who served with the 1st...
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This week in the Civil War: McClellan fired as commander of Union Army
Over the weekend, reenactors gathered in Guyandotte, West Virginia for the 23rd annual Guyandotte Civil War Days festival that featured period music, craft displays and a re-enactment of an1861...
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This week in the Civil War: Skirmishing in Mississippi
Billed as the largest and grandest Civil War battle reenactment west of the Mississippi, reenactors gathered at Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark, Calif., to "fight" several key battles in the Civil...
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This week in the Civil War: Confederates appoint new secretary of war
Over the weekend, reenactors gathered near the only remaining Confederate earthworks in Live Oak, Fla., to bring Civil War history to life with music, tea parties and two reenactments.One hundred...
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This week in the Civil War: Fighting in Arkansas
On Friday, the Arkansas State Parks web site reminded readers that a re-enactment of the Battle of Prairie Grove will take place on the first weekend in December."Recognized nationally as one of...
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This week in the Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove
This weekend, about 900 re-enactors gathered at Prairie Grove, Ark., to relive what some historians have called the "bloodiest day" in Arkansas history.One hundred fifty years ago this week, Union and...
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This week in the Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg
On Saturday, hundreds of re-enactors gathered in Fredericksburg, Va., to relive the bloody Civil War battle that took place there 150 years ago.The Washington Post reported that while there was no...
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This week in the Civil War: The sinking of the USS Cairo
Although ironclad vessels were used extensively by both sides of the Civil War, only one ship from the Union's river fleet is on display and can be seen at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Tim...
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This week in the Civil War: Confederate cavalry raids Kentucky
On Saturday, Civil War reenactors gathered at the Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to participate in a Civil War Christmas ball that commemorated the Christmas Eve 1862 ball that...
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This week in the Civil War: Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation
For a short time, visitors to the National Archives will get a chance to see two of the original five pages of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago this New Years Day,...
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This week in the Civil War: Honoring one who served; fighting in Arkansas
Ignacio Zamora, a Texas sergeant who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, finally received the military honors he earned, thanks to the efforts of his great-grandson, the Valley Morning Star...
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This week in the Civil War: Confederate ironclads harass Union ships
Most people know about the classic battle between the Monitor and the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, also known as the Merrimack, but steam-powered iron ships -- the precursor to modern warships...
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