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 engagement fought in Clarke ... Continue Reading CWI to Commemorate 153rd Anniversary…
The McCormick Civil War Institute Needs Your Help!
CWI has an ambitious agenda, but we need your help to realize our goals and make CWI one of the premier institutions for studying and learning about the Civil War era. While some of the events ... Continue Reading The McCormick Civil War Institute…
Artifact of the Quarter | March 2017 Can it Stop a Bullet?: Body Armor in the Civil War
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 a revolutionary one during the Civil War. This early form of a ... Continue Reading Artifact of the Quarter |…
CWI Holds First Advisory Board Meeting
The CWI advisory board, created to aid the institute in its educational and public outreach missions, held its inaugural meeting on Feb. 28. The advisory board consists of nineteen members from a ... Continue Reading CWI Holds First Advisory Board…
WHAG visits CWI twice in January
On Jan. 13 WHAG’s Sarah Gisriel visited CWI and interviewed CWI Director Noyalas about the origins of Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia. Gisriel is pictured above receiving a copy of Noyalas’ latest book ... Continue Reading WHAG visits CWI twice in…
CWI to Publish The Journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era
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 consist of feature essays – shorter ... Continue Reading CWI to Publish The Journal…