4/18/24 — Report from the Front: Appomattox Surrender and Freedom Day Events Last Friday and Saturday, I traveled to Appomattox, VA to experience the commemoration of Surrender and Freedom Day, remembering April 9, 1865, the surrender of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, and the emancipation of enslaved peoples across Southside Virginia. It was a unique […]
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6.9/10 IMDb N/A Rotten Tomatoes Pharaoh’s Army dramatizes tensions within the border state of Kentucky, focusing on the arrival of Union troops at the farm of a woman whose husband is fighting for the Confederacy. Tensions arise as the small band of soldiers is forced to stay with the woman and her son. […]
6.4/10 IMDb 8% Rotten Tomatoes Despite being released ten years later, Gods and Generals is the prequel to Gettysburg. The story focuses on the first two years of the war, following the careers of Robert E. Lee, Joshua L. Chamberlain, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson until his death in 1863. Gods and Generals did […]
Summer 2024 Paid Internship Program: In 2024, the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies will offer grants of $3,500 – $5,000 to support undergraduate or graduate students at Virginia Tech who are conducting Civil War era internships. The deadline to apply is Feb. 8, 2024. Sites available include: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park — […]
By Emily Stewart In the years leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War, religion became increasingly political. The Crisis of Secession, from late 1860 to early 1861, was a time when religious leaders, of both the North and the South, began preaching religious sermons that contributed to the outbreak of war. By stepping […]
By Cole Helms “The rebel army under Bragg, and the best officered and organized of any they ever had except perhaps the army of Lee around Richmond . . .” – John Henning Woods, Confederate conscript[1] “Thus, in every land, the most conspicuous monuments commemorate the great actors, not the great thinkers of the […]
By Samuel Lee Civil War medicine is often characterized as gruesome, with unnecessary amputations rampant in unsanitary hospitals both on the battlefield and in the major cities of the Union and Confederacy. Horrific prison conditions are also a commonly thought of characteristic of the Civil War. Prisons such as Andersonville and Castle Thunder have shaped […]
By Michael M. Higgins Born November 8 1813 in Montgomery County, Virginia to a prominent slaveholding family. After a brief tour as a soldier and a successful career as a lawyer, Preston joined the Confederate Army following Virginia’s secession. Was close to General “Stonewall” Jackson and was likely the first soldier to holler the ‘Rebel […]
By Allison Hurley Youngest son of Francis and Sarah Buchanan Preston, born November 20, 1812 in Abingdon, Virginia. Graduated from the University of Virginia, where he later became a professor and member of the Board of Visitors. One of three professors who met Generals Philip Sheridan and George Custer at UVA and protected the University […]
by Alec Hoke Born April 25, 1811 in Lexington, VA. Founded the Virginia Military Institute in 1839 in Lexington. Anti-secessionist, supported gradual emancipation, but joined the Confederate Army when Virginia seceded in 1861. Served under Stonewall Jackson as Lieutenant Colonel. After the Civil War, served as Colonel in the militia. John Thomas Lewis Preston was […]