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How the Civil War was Boom Time for the News Business

by The American Antiquarian Society4/16/20194/18/2019

Changes in technology and lust for battle information led to the birth of modern American journalism.

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Your Help Wanted: Join the Effort to Transcribe African American Civil War Soldier Records

by Jennifer Berry4/16/20194/18/2019
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The War In Their Words: I Am The Colonel’s Orderly

by David A. Welker and Jeffrey Fortais4/9/20194/9/2019
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Church in the Maelstrom: A historian’s reflection on the violence of the war’s first major battle

by Stephen Berry4/2/20194/1/2019
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Facing the Enemy: The crucible of combat forged unique unit cultures within Civil War regiments

by Eric Michael Burke3/26/20194/23/2019
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The Blog Roll: ‘I Can’t Write’

by Michelle Krowl2/19/20193/6/2019
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Fire-Eater’s Fantasy

by Jason Phillips1/29/20193/6/2019
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Explore: Keystone Heartbeat

by Steve T. Phan1/8/20193/6/2019
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The Most Hated General of the Civil War Won Chickamauga But Ended Up Losing His Command

by Edwin L. Kennedy Jr. and Jerry Morelock1/1/20199/19/2022
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Those Long-Haired (18)60s Radicals

by Michael E. Woods12/18/20186/24/2022

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