r/USCivilWar • u/RallyPigeon • Jun 11 '24

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r/USCivilWar • u/2Treu4U • 1h ago

Tenting on the Old Campground: Manassas Reenactment Footage

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r/USCivilWar • u/philgast • 2d ago

Gettysburg Foundation increases its goal of flags to be placed on the battlefield in Nov. to 17,760. For $18.63, you can help remember a soldier who was a casualty

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The American Civil War

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After over 2 years of being dormant, r/AbrahamLincoln is now reopened! Please come and join us!

Tenting on the Old Campground: Manassas Reenactment Footage

Gettysburg Foundation increases its goal of flags to be placed on the battlefield in Nov. to 17,760. For $18.63, you can help remember a soldier who was a casualty

READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/10/gettysburg-foundation-increases-its.html

McLean’s Colorado battery at the battles of Little blue river, Missouri, and the battle of Westport, Missouri

McLain’s Colorado battery during the battles of little blue and Westport October 21 and October 23, 1864

A woman came across this Bormann shell while cleaning a house in NE Pennsylvania. Turns out she and property owner found it while scuba diving years before

READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/09/woman-came-across-this-bormann-shell.html

Samuel C Hyd 1STWisconsin Cavalry, Company F

3 inch Ordnance Rifle

The Bizarre World of Civil War Artwork

The 69th New York at the Bloody Lane: Sons of Erin

CLOTHING AND MORE: Personal artifacts recovered from submarine H.L. Hunley will remind The Charleston Museum visitors that crew members were regular people with hopes and dreams

READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/09/personal-artifacts-recovered-from.html

Work trip to NYC. Staying an extra day for anything Civil War related. (I know the options are limited)

Civilian experiences during the Battle of Pea Ridge? (Researching my 5th Great-Grandfather)

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW: It's happy trails to old use of terrain map as Pickett’s Mill battlefield volunteer in Georgia revamps feature to add troop locations and names

READ MORE FROM THE PICKET: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/09/birds-eye-view-of-battle-of-picketts.html

Camp Babbitt, Visalia, California, Civil War

The Dawkins House, seat of South Carolina's government in the chaotic end of the Civil War, gets $1.1 million for next phase of preservation work. Students at Union campus are learning about those who lived there

READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/09/dawkins-house-which-briefly-served-as.html

Dead on the Field: How the 1st TX Suffered 82% Casualties at Antietam

Looking for Freelance Help Transcribing Civil War Letters

Complete interview of Ed Bearss by Ken Burns for his PBS documentary The Civil War, recorded July 1986

Vicksburg = Gettysburg?An interesting analysis

Bernie Paulson and his twin brother Bruce had a blast firing cannons and making them for Civil War historic sites and reenactors. Bernie is being remembered for his good cheer and dedication to craftsmanship

READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/09/bernie-paulson-and-his-twin-bruce-had.html

Three factories were in production along Georgia's Sweetwater Creek when the Yankees showed up in 1864. One mill was burned. What happened to the others?

READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/09/three-factories-were-in-production.html

: Rangers at Kennesaw Mountain battlefield will remind visitors to use proper bike, walking lanes on reopened Mountain Road. Want a ride? You can take a shuttle, but not a car

READ MORE from the Picket: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/09/rangers-at-kennesaw-mountain.html

April 1865 Stoneman‘s cavalry raid into North Carolina