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French honored by Hagerstown Civil War Round Table
Steven C. French The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table presented Steven C. French with its 2016 Henry Kyd Douglas Award. French, a former middle-school teacher, is the author of “Imboden’s Brigade in...
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Mike Smith, Droop Mountain Battlefield Superintendent, honored at retirement
[L-R]: Terry Lowry, Hunter Lesser, Billy Joe Peyton, Mike Smith, Steve Cunningham, Rick WolfeAfter 34 years of faithful service to the state of West Virginia, Droop Mountain Battlefield Superintendent...
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Now Available: The Battle of Charleston
The Battle of Charleston, and the 1862 Kanawha Valley Campaign by Terry Lowry The Battle of Charleston (West Virginia), fought September 13, 1862, between the Confederate forces of Gen. William Wing...
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More Land at Shepherdstown Battlefield Forever Protected
Photo: Civil War Trust An 11-acre parcel of the Shepherdstown Battlefield was purchased through negotiations by the Civil War Trust assisted by Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission. Read the...
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Help Save 4 Battlefields in West Virginia and Virginia
The Civil War Trust now has the opportunity to save 243 acres at four battlefields in Virginia and West Virginia. We are saving a vital tract at the heart of the Cedar Creek battlefield in Virginia, as...
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West Virginia Land Trust preserves site of Greenbrier River Civil War battle,...
A Confederate-dug trench line makes an ‘S’ turn as it follows a hillside contour at the former Camp Bartow. by Rick Steelhammer, for the Charleston Gazette, February 11, 2017 The core section of Camp...
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Help Save Cool Spring Battlefield
You can help save 924 acres of core battlefield at Cool Springs, Virginia, where 5000 troops of General George Crook’s Army of West Virginia fought against a force of 8000 Confederates on July 18,...
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34th Ohio Soldier Writes of Prayer Meetings in Camp on Flat Top Mountain in 1862
In a letter from Flat Top Mountain, [West] Virginia, on July 18, 1862, Sergeant John F. Sherrick of Company E, 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, describes the beauty of the area, and of prayer meetings...
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Shepherdstown Battlefield Updates
The Civil War Trust has negotiated to purchase a property on the Shepherdstown Battlefield and has asked for the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association’s (SBPA) help in funding the...
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Fallen West Virginia soldiers to be honored during Lynchburg 150th events
West Virginia soldiers who were casualties of the 1864 Lynchburg Campaign will be honored during 150th anniversary events in Lynchburg, Virginia. On Sunday afternoon, June 15th, there will be a marker...
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Help Save 13 acres at Harper’s Ferry
Harpers Ferry is one of the most historic places in the United States. In 1783, Thomas Jefferson stood in awe of its beauty. Abolitionist John Brown raided the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859,...
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Incidents of Morgan’s Raid
Brian Stuart Kesterson On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, Brian Stuart Kesterson presented “Incidents of Morgan’s Raid with an Account of Stovepipe Johnson’s Retreat through West Virginia” in the Archives...
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Preservation of Shepherdstown Battlefield Land Celebrated
On Sunday afternoon, November 16, a sign was erected and dedicated to commemorate the purchase and preservation of two properties totaling 2.2 acres on the site of the 1862 Battle of Shepherdstown. The...
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Civil War soldiers buried as Confederate may actually be Union
Pvt. Benjamin Fettro, a Union soldier from Clarksburg, may be the occupant of this grave, marked as the final resting place of a Confederate soldier with the same regiment and a somewhat similar name....
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150 years ago, hungry Confederates captured Union garrison, supplies at Beverly
With a force of 300 volunteers, Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser captured the Union supply depot at Beverly. by Rick Steelhammer, for the Charleston Gazette How do you motivate 300 battle-weary...
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History App Created by Marshall Professor
Clio not only directs users to historical sites using global positioning system on smartphones, it also provides a brief explanation and includes photos, links and other artifacts to expand knowledge...
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Interior Dept. Releases Final Study of Shepherdstown Battlefield
For Immediate Release – July 27, 2015 Shepherdstown, West Virginia In early July, The Department of Interior released the final study documents of the National Park Service’s (NPS) Special Resource...
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James L. Broomall named director of George Tyler Moore Center
Shepherd University has named Dr. James L. Broomall as director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War. Click here to read the entire press release as well as listen to an...
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A Message from our Friends at the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation...
We need your help. We have been advised that in order for Senator Manchin to sponsor legislation to expand the boundaries of the Antietam National Park to include the site of the Battle of...
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French honored by Hagerstown Civil War Round Table
Steven C. French The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table presented Steven C. French with its 2016 Henry Kyd Douglas Award. French, a former middle-school teacher, is the author of “Imboden’s Brigade in...
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