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Published: 7/26/19

“My Little ‘Rebel’ Heart Was on Fire”

By: Belle Boyd

Category: Civilians

Uncover the incredible life of Belle Boyd, a teenage girl turned Confederate spy. Read an excerpt from her autobiography regarding a traumatic event that led her into this role.

Published: 11/12/18

“A Lady of Excellent Worth”

By: Melvin Grigsby

Category: Civilians

Cahaba: A Story of Captive Boys in Blue (1888) Castle Morgan prison in Cahaba, Alabama, as it appeared during the Civil War Nearly twenty years after the end of the...

Published: 9/15/17

The Search for Orville Wheelock

By: Julia Wheelock

Category: Civilians

The Boys in White Julia Wheelock One hundred fifty-five years ago this month, 28-year-old Michigan resident Julia Wheelock learned that her brother, Orville, a soldier in the 8th Michigan Infantry,...

Published: 10/2/15

How did Civil War women deal with the loss of their husbands?

By: Katie Brackett Fialka

Category: Behind The Lines

Angela Elder discusses how widows dealt with the loss of their husbands during and after the Civil War.

Published: 6/30/14

Sneak Peek | Lincoln Considered

By: Jason Emerson

Category: The Front Line

As a special “thank you” for being an eNews subscriber, we wanted to give you an exclusive sneak peek into the Spring 2013 issue. This issue’s feature article is entitled,...