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Presentations from the McCormick Civil War Institute‘s spring conference, “‘So Tired & Exhausted’: In Battle’s Aftermath,” will begin airing on C-SPAN 2 on Saturday, June 17,…

Throughout 2023 the “Publication of Note” portion of the Picket Post newsletter will include some of the director’s favorite collections of essays relevant to the…

Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute is proud to announce the unveiling of a digital history project that delves into the history of the Civil…

*Throughout 2022 the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will highlight important collections of letters and primary documents relevant to the Civil War era…

Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute has received a grant from the Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley’s Boxley-Fox Endowment Fund that will support…

Elizabeth Davis Swiger, ed. “Civil War Letters and Diary of Joshua Winters: A Private in the Union Army, Company G, First Western Virginia Volunteer Infantry”…

Regarded as the Horace Greeley of the 12th Connecticut Infantry due to his staunch abolitionist beliefs, Private Richard Sherman, killed at the Battle of Cedar…

Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute prides itself on creating opportunities for students to engage in research and the real-world work of historians. Recently, two…

Among the various images in MCWI’s growing collections is a carte-de-visite taken at the Addis Gallery in Washington, D.C. of John F. Colburn. A farmer…

Jonathan Noyalas ’01, M.A., director of Shenandoah’s McCormick Civil War Institute, recently published his book “Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil…