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…
Artifact of the Quarter | March 2018 Phoenix Shot Tower
While driving on I-83 in Baltimore, Maryland, one massive, legendary eyewitness to the Civil War rises prominently into the sky and is visible from miles away—the Phoenix Shot Tower. Standing 234 ... Continue Reading Artifact of the Quarter |…
Publication of Note | March 2018 Richard A. Sauers, “The National Tribune Civil War Index” 3 vols.
Richard A. Sauers, comp., “The National Tribune Civil War Index” 3 vols. (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2017). $139.95 hardcover, www.savasbeatie.com. At the end of 2017, Savas Beatie, one of ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | March…
Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute Releases Inaugural Issue Of Its Civil War Journal Journal Of The Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era Is University’s First-Ever Academic, Peer-Reviewed Journal
Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute (CWI) has released its inaugural volume of the Journal Of The Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era. The journal is Shenandoah University’s ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War…
Artifact of the Quarter | December 2017 Horse’s Curb Chain at Cool Spring
Contributed by Shelby R. Shrader One of the greatest challenges for Union or Confederate forces during the Civil War was moving massive armies and all of the supplies necessary to keep those commands ... Continue Reading Artifact of the Quarter |…