MCWI Archives

CWI to Commemorate 153rd Anniversary of the Battle of Cool Spring

March 15, 2017

On Saturday, July 15, CWI will offer a series of programs at Shenandoah University’s River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield, commemorating the largest and costliest…

Artifact of the Quarter | March 2017

Can it Stop a Bullet?: Body Armor in the Civil War

March 10, 2017

While the notion of our armed forces wearing some form of body armor to protect them from bullets is a common thought today, it was…

CWI to Publish The Journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era

March 9, 2017

Shenandoah University has given approval to CWI to publish an annual journal: The Journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era. The Journal will…

Shenandoah Alumnus Begins Tenure As Director Of McCormick Civil War Institute

Jonathan Noyalas Returns ‘Home’ To Lead Institute Dedicated To Civil War-Era History

January 25, 2017

Jonathan A. Noyalas ’01 has joined Shenandoah University as director of the university’s McCormick Civil War Institute (CWI). The institute, founded in 1994, supports teaching…