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View of Philippi, West Virginia

Tread the Ground that Hosted the First Land Battle of the Civil War

by Melissa A. Winn6/5/20236/5/2023

Explore Philippi, West Virginia, the small but iconic spot that misled Union leaders into thinking the war would be short.

Civil War Reenactor Goes Off Script, Admits Plan to Bomb Battlefield

by Jonathan Lehrfeld4/20/20234/20/2023

Pickett’s Charge reenactment, 1963

‘Gettysburg 1963’ Book Review: Centennial Celebration in a Divided Nation

by Melissa A. Winn9/9/20229/9/2022

The World’s Largest D-Day Reenactment Is Happening This Week — in Ohio

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher8/16/20228/18/2022

Union Field Music at Gettysburg

by Melissa A. Winn7/8/20229/27/2022

My 15 Minutes Out of the Attic

by Robert Lee Hodge6/5/2018

Interview: Joseph McGill / An Uneasy Night’s Sleep

by Sarah Richardson5/8/20185/18/2024

The Reenactor’s Brave New World

by Tim Rowland1/23/20181/22/2018

Vicksburg in the Round

by Noel G. Harrison12/27/2017

Commence Firing!

by Tom Huntington9/19/201710/18/2022