ACWS HISTORICAL ARTICLES
The Archived Articles listed below have mostly appeared in The American Civil War Society Newsletter, which is published every three months in paper format for its members and on-line for public viewing on this web site.
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HISTORY
- 4th Texas Battle Flag
- Yankee Aggression
- The Battle of Cedar Creek
- The Battle of Cold Harbor
- The Battle of Helena
- The Battle of Little Blue River
- The Battle of Malvern Hill
- The Battle of Mobile Bay
- The Battle of Pea Ridge
- The Battle of Philippi
- The Battle of Secessionville
- Miscellaneous Battles
- Botelers Ford 1862
- Boys In The Civil War
- A Soldiers View Of First Bull Run
- C F Davis Escape From Andersonville
- Camp Douglas 1864 Conspiracy
- Camp Lawton - Largest Prison?
- A Good Caning
- Capture of New Orleans
- Captain Carter Returns Home
- The First Coloured Troops
- Confederate Blockade Runner
- Confederate Regimental Mascots
- Confederate Submarine Base Located
- The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War
- Confederate Constitution
- Confederate Flags
- The CSS Hunley Discovery
- The CSS Hunley Discovery - Update
- CSS/USS Planter
- David Dodd - CS Boy Martyr
- Death Toll Keeps Rising
- Draft Riots
- Englishmen Of Honour
- First Shot of the War
- Making Friends with the Enemy
- A Confederate Funeral in Charleston, SC
- Alexander Gardner
- George Gibbs
- Gettysburg Facts
- Gettysburg - A Family Affair
- Griswoldville - Gettysburg of Georgia
- Guerilla Warfare
- Andros Guille's Civil War experience
- Hiram Berdan and the US Sharpshooters
- Honey Springs
- Honourable Surrender
- Cornelia Hancock and Euphemia Goldsborough at Gettysburg
- Laird Rams For The Confederacy
- The Last Confederate Widow Living?
- Last Will And Testament
- Lee's Health At Gettysburg
- Units of Lee's Army
- Lee's Foresight
- Confederate Soldier's Letter
- Libby Prison
- Marie Tepe
- Making Legends Of Regimental Mascots
- Myths of the Confederacy
- Myths Of The Confederacy - part 2
- Nancy Hart - Confederate Spy
- British Connections - Northamptonshire
- Palmyra Massacre
- James Johnston Pettigrew at Gettysburg
- Pinkerton Detective
- Politics And War
- Recruiting Fever, Early Days
- The Siege of Petersburg
- Siege of Port Hudson
- Siege of Yorktown
- Field Diary Of Private James P Snell
- Southern Bazaar For Wounded Prisoners
- A Strange Story of Antietam
- Civil War Surgery
- The Sutherland Affair
- Underground Railroad
- Proposed Division Of Union Flag
- USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
- Washington, A Capital Without Defences
- Women in the Civil War
- Christmas During The Civil War
BIOGRAPHY
- Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- Johnny Clem 'Drummer Boy'
- George Armstrong Custer
- Varina Davis
- Nathan Bedford Forrest
- Elisha Hunt Rhodes
- Philip Kearny
- Abraham Lincoln
- James Longstreet
- George G. Meade
- Thomas Francis Meagher
- The Poet Laureate of the South
- Charles Kuhn Prioleau
- Philip H. Sheridan
- Susan Baker King Taylor
- George Henry Thomas
- Sojourner Truth
- John Wilkes Booth
- Yorkshire Rebel - Harry Dixon Jessop
MILITARY
- 2nd U.S. Artillery Battery B - A History
- 4th Virginia Infantry - A History
- 4th Texas - A History
- 6th United States Colored Troops - A History
- The Great Adventure
- ANV Blankets & Substitutes
- ANV In Blue 'English Army Cloth'
- ANV Gardener Canteens
- ANV Sky Blue Trousers
- ANV Slouch Hats
- ANV Uniforms - 1862
- Blue on Blue
- Confederate Officers Uniform Coat
- C.S.S. Alabama, Commerce Raider
- Discipline in the Civil War
- Enfield Rifle Factory in England
- Equipment of Confederate Soldiers
- The Generic Confederate
- Gettysburg - The Soldiers View
- Handgun Statistics
- The Pampered Louse
- Ordnance Board Concern - Improper Wet Sponging. 1841
- Peter Tait - The Man The Company And The Uniforms
- Provost Guard
- Ragged Rebels
- Richmond Depot Clothing Manufactory
- Richmond Depot Style Issue Jackets
- Richmond Depot Mid War Kepis
- Rockbridge Artillery - A History
- Springfield Rifle Musket 1863 Type 1., Samuel Norris And William T Clemens (Contract)
- Sultana's Last Voyage
- Typical Confederate Soldier
- Uniforms of the Union - 1862
- U.S.S. Constitution
- Virginia Battlefields
- What made a Veteran?
- V.M.I. Cadets 1864
- Veteran Reserve Corps
MISCELLANEOUS
- Balloons In The American Civil War
- Philip Baybutt Tribute
- Brooke Bond Tea and the A.C.W.
- Embalming Exhibit
- ACW Factoids By Pursell
- History of American Civil War Films
- Gettysburg 'Witness' Tree
- A Grave Confederate Discovery
- Iron Horse (ACW Railways)
- Iron Horse (ACW Railways) - Part 2
- Civil War Jargon
- Last Confederate Stronghold
- A Gem from General Lee
- General Lee's Health at Gettysburg
- Lincoln's Letter to Men of Manchester
- Liverpool and the American Civil War
- Miscellaneous Factual Snippets
- Miscellaneous Factual Snippets 2
- North Carolina Civil War Discovery Trail
- Portsmouth Hospital
- Quotes from the American Civil War
- Sewing Machines in the Civil War
- Snowball Fight
- Songs of the American Civil War
- Taps
- The U.S. Christian Commission
RE-ENACTING
- An Account of the Recent Battle at Gettysburg
- Gilham vs. Hardee Drill Manual Debate
- Greenhorn Turning Blue (Part 1)
- Greenhorn Turning Blue (Part 2)
- Re-enacting with Horses
- Ladies Page - Hints and Tips
- Cavalry - Man Down!
- Maryland Campaign Event
- Re-enacting Roles for Children
- Civilian Re-Enacting Roles For Men
- Re-enacting Roles for Women
- Form Square Against Cavalry
- Threats to Re-enacting
- Useful Stuff For Re-enactors
- Where now for Re-enacting?