Angela M. Zombek, Ph.D., “Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War” (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2018). ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | December…
McCormick Civil War Institute Uncovers Little-Known History of Civil War New Journal Highlights Shenandoah Valley Stories and People
Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute illuminates some little-known history of the Shenandoah Valley with the release of volume two of its Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the ... Continue Reading McCormick Civil War Institute Uncovers…
Publication of Note | September 2018
“Reconstruction: A Concise History” (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). $18.95 hardcover, www.oup.com. For decades Eric Foner’s “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution” stood as the ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | September…
Artifact of the Quarter | September 2018
18th Connecticut Ribbon Among the artifacts added to the exhibition in the Lodge at Cool Spring is a ribbon for the 18th Connecticut Infantry’s reunion at Mystic Island, Connecticut, on Aug. 20, ... Continue Reading Artifact of the Quarter |…
154th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Cool Spring Shenandoah University McCormick Civil War Institute Hosts Event, July 14
WINCHESTER, VA - Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute will host the 154th-anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Cool Spring on Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ... Continue Reading 154th Anniversary Commemoration of the…
Artifact of the Quarter | June 2018
Shortly after Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute was established, William W. Layton donated a number of documents to the university’s McCormick Civil War Institute. Layton, who died ... Continue Reading Artifact of the Quarter |…
Publication of Note | June 2018
“To Emancipate the Mind and Soul: Storer College, 1867-1955” (Harpers Ferry, WV: Harpers Ferry Park Association, 2017). $14.95 softcover, www.harpersferryhistory.org While historians have penned ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | June…
McCormick Civil War Institute Conference Hosts Annual Spring Conference, April 7 “Another Era in Our War Life: When the Home Front Became the Battle Front”
Shenandoah University McCormick Civil War Institute will host its annual spring conference, “Another Era in Our War Life: When the Home Front Became the Battle Front” on Saturday, April 7, in Hester ... Continue Reading McCormick Civil War Institute Conference…