Civil War Digital Digest's host Will stops on the way home from vacation to talk with Patrick Craddock, owner of The Craftsman’s Apron. In his quest to make inspired regalia for modern masons, Patrick draws on his year as a living historian and studying masons from the Civil War era. Enjoy a conv...

Learn more about the fights at Cross Keys, Port Republic, and Piedmont through animated maps, primary sources, and historic images in the program!

A central terrain feature to the Battle of Port Republic in 1862 is a rise called the Coaling. Meet one Union battery which took position there during this struggle. Enjoy this specific combat story told from where it took place.

In their first fight of the war, the young 18th Connecticut was faced with veterans from the Army of Northern Virginia headed north outside of Winchester. Hear the story of their fight, told on the field where it happened. If you can't go yourself, this is the next best thing!

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Jubal Early, retreating from his recent defeat at 3rd Winchester, falls back in Fisher's Hill. He is understaffed to hold the position but staffs it as best he can and plays a bluff. See how it worked out!

Lydie Clinedinst lived in New Market during the Civil War. Like many others, she was drawn to the battlefield in the aftermath of the fight to help the wounded. Whom did she help and how did it change her life? “Fridays at the Front” is a collaboration between Civil War Digital Digest and the She...

If you still want more about New Market - you might enjoy the book "Valley Thunder" about the battle and campaign. The author even shows a map of the town during the war and points out his home in relation! https://www.savasbeatie.com/valley-thunder-the-battle-of-new-market-and-the-opening-of-the...

If you still want more about New Market - you might enjoy the book "Valley Thunder" about the battle and campaign. The author even shows a map of the town during the war and points out his home in relation! https://www.savasbeatie.com/valley-thunder-the-battle-of-new-market-and-the-opening-of-the...

If you still want more about New Market - you might enjoy the book "Valley Thunder" about the battle and campaign. The author even shows a map of the town during the war and points out his home in relation! https://www.savasbeatie.com/valley-thunder-the-battle-of-new-market-and-the-opening-of-the...

All Southerners believed in the Confederate cause - right? Not quite. This week, let’s meet Jessie Rupert who lived in New Market for the entire Civil War. Find out more about her story and famous Confederate friends, despite being Unionist! “Fridays at the Front” is a collaboration between Civil...

Explore what it was like to dig in as a Civil War soldier. A veteran's account from the war is used as a guide to the work. Chesley A. Mosman was in the 59th Illinois and he provides great details on what pickets were doing to entrench outside Chattanooga in 1863.

“In cold or rainy weather…they are most unwholesome tenements, and to enter one of them of a rainy morning from the outer air, and encounter the nights accumulation of nauseating exhalations from the bodies of twelve men was an experience which no old solder has ever known to recall with any grea...

Prone to dressing in civilian clothing, Union General Israel Richardson teaches a valuable lesson in civility to a young "waif of a lieutenant." Starring Christian Stolte (Chicago Fire, Public Enemies) and Patrick Webb, this light-hearted look at life between battles for Civil War soldiers is pul...

Let's explore a variety of ways in which homes were decorated for Christmas during the Civil War, including lighting candles on a tree! Yikes!!!

Escape to a historic bar to see a mixed drink made from the Civil War era.

If this looks tasty to you and you want to explore more, you can get a reprint of the 1862 Bartender's Guide here! https://amzn.to/3R0oF8x

Escape to a historic bar to see a mixed drink made from the Civil War era.

If this looks tasty to you and you want to explore more, you can get a reprint of the 1862 Bartender's Guide here! https://amzn.to/3R0oF8x

Escape to a historic bar to see a mixed drink made from the Civil War era.

If this looks tasty to you and you want to explore more, you can get a reprint of the 1862 Bartender's Guide here! https://amzn.to/3R0oF8x

In the 1862 bartender's guide by Jerry Thomas, #14 and #16 are the same process, only with different spirits. One is Claret and the other Port. Join us to see how they were made in the Civil War era.

If this looks tasty to you and you want to explore more, you can get a reprint of the 1862 Bart...

Escape to a historic bar to see a mixed drink made from the Civil War era.

If this looks tasty to you and you want to explore more, you can get a reprint of the 1862 Bartender's Guide here! https://amzn.to/3R0oF8x

Revised and updated for HistoryFix, this program looks at what it took to send the Spencer and Henry rifles into the field with Union soldiers during the Civil War. New for 2023, get a better experience with more recreated battle footage and stills of both original soldiers and the weapons they c...