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Contributed by Shelby R. Shrader Invented by Christopher M. Spencer, the Spencer rifle was unlike any other firearm—save the Henry—used during the Civil War. With…

Brandon H. Beck, “Winchester’s Three Battles:  A Civil War Driving Tour Through Virginia’s Most War-Torn Town,” Winchester, VA: Angle Valley Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-9711950-6-6. $21.95 The…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…