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Artifact of the Quarter | September 2021

Carte-de-visite of John F. Colburn

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…

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Noyalas’ New Book Details African American Experience During Civil War

‘Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era’ is available now

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…

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App Uses Augmented Reality To Recreate History

‘Through Their Eyes’ Provides In-Depth Look at Battle of Cool Spring

A new app that recreates scenes from the 1864 Battle of Cool Spring is now available for download. Through Their Eyes is a collaboration between…

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Check out C-SPAN for Episodes on American History

Shenandoah Historian Jonathan Noyalas Speaks on Civil War-Related Topics

Throughout March, C-SPAN’s American History TV has been featuring presentations in which Director of the McCormick Civil War Institute Jonathan Noyalas, ’01, M.A., talks about…

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Publication of Note | March 2021

James M. Dalzell, "Private Dalzell: His Autobiography, Poems and Comic War Papers" (Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co., 1888).

*Throughout 2021 the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will highlight some of our director’s favorite histories and reminiscences published in the immediate decades…

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SU Selected to Join in Nationwide Project About Slavery

Effort Will Highlight the Legacies of Enslavement in America

On Monday, Feb. 8, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) announced Shenandoah University as one of a handful of higher education institutions in the U.S.…

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Publication of Note | December 2020

William H. Runge, ed. “Four Years in the Confederate Artillery: The Diary of Private Henry Robinson Berkeley” (Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1991).

*Throughout 2020 the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will highlight some of our director’s favorite regimental histories or collections of published primary sources.…

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Artifact of the Quarter | September 2020

Tintype of Private Harrison E. White

Among the artifacts recently donated to MCWI was a tintype of Private Harrison E. White. Born in Oneida County, New York, in either 1840 or…

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Publication of Note | September 2020

Mary E. Johnson, ed. “From a ‘Whirlpool of Death’… to Victory.” (Charleston, WV: West Virginia History, 2002).

*Throughout 2020 the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will highlight some of our director’s favorite regimental histories or collections of published primary sources.…

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McCormick Civil War Institute Publishes Its First Book

‘So Much to Say’ Uses 29 Donated Letters to Tell Union Soldier’s Story

Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute has published its first book—one that chronicles a Union soldier’s wartime experience and his beliefs on war, politics and…

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