Civil War

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863

By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has…

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Jefferson Davis’ Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1861

WHEREAS, it hath pleased Almighty God, the Sovereign Disposer of events, to protect and defend us hitherto in our conflicts…

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History of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which he gave at the commemoration of the Gettysburg Cemetery on November 19, 1863 was only…

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A Civil War Ambulance

Join us at the Pry Field Hospital Museum to see a reconstruction of a Civil War ambulance.

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Dictionary Cipher for the CSS Florida

As the Confederate commerce raider Florida prepared for what would be a legendary cruise, Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory sent…

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Civil War Medicine – Dr. Letterman and the Battle of Antietam

Dr. Jonathan Letterman, medical director of the Union Army of the Potomac, revolutionized battlefield medicine with his Letterman Plan. In…

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“Killed at Chickamauga”

  After the Battle of Chickamauga, one Union soldier, Sergeant William Miller of the 75th Indiana, wrote this in his diary:…

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Photo Gallery of Chickamauga Battlefield

You can view all the photos on our Google+ album. They were taken during the production of our Victory of the…

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Battle of Chickamauga

Today is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga, the greatest Confederate victory in the west, during the Civil…

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John Brown’s Rifle

This Sharps rifle, one of two on display in the Smithsonian History Museum in Washington, DC, was carried by John…

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