Civil War Ships in the News Spring 2014
A Round Up of Civil War Era Ships in the News in the Spring of 2014 USS Monitor Restoration Resumes Ever since portions of the Union ironclad USS Monitor were recovered from the waters...
Category: Modern Events
Civil War Cavalry Flag Found in Massachusetts Basement
A flag that belonged to a Massachusetts cavalry regiment has been found in the basement of the Lowell (MA) Memorial Auditorium. The flag, a V-shaped cavalry guidon, is inside a wood and glass case....
United States Postal Service Will Issue New Abraham Lincoln Stamp
The United States Postal Service will issue a new Abraham Lincoln stamp on the 16th president’s 205th birthday February 12th, 2014. The stamp will make its debut in Springfield, Illinois and will be for...
December 2013 Alonzo Cushing Medal of Honor Update
There’s been some progress in the ongoing campaign to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Lt. Alonzo Cushing, the Delafield, Wisconsin native who was killed in action while directing his artillery battery during...
Chamberlain Medal Returns to Maine; Swamp Angel Honored: Civil War in the News Late Summer 2013
A Medal of Honor returns home and Trenton, New Jersey commemorates a cannon’s role in the Civil War in Civil War related news from August and September 2013. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s Medal of Honor...
May 2013 Update on Alonzo Cushing Medal of Honor
Back in June of 2012, Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) introduced legislation that would have allowed Delafield, Wisconsin native Lt. Alonzo Cushing to be awarded the Medal of Honor for...
2013 Civil War Commemorative Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service has announced the designs for its 2013 Civil War commemorative stamps. During the 2011-2015 Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Post Office is issuing two stamps each year commemorating significant events in...
Postal Service to Issue Commemorative Stamp for 150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
The USPS should be releasing the designs for the 2013 Civil War commemorative stamps in December or January, but in the meantime, the postal service has released the design for another Civil War related...