In a soldier's letter, he wrote about finding enough apples to fill his haversack. Let’s enjoy a hot meal that is a far cry from hardtack and coffee! This is an easy and delicious dish to make at home to connect with history.

Enjoy a look at a punch recipe from Jerry Thomas' 1862 bartender's guide.

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Civil War Digital Digest has combined two of its popular episodes into in larger story. By adding new still images, video footage, and re-mastering the audio a more complete discussion is had about how the scythe was used in the Civil War era as well as the reaper which replaced it in many circum...

Updated with new photography, stills, and audio remastered for HistoryFix in 2022!

Enjoy this updated, re-edited, and remastered version created specifically for HistoryFix in 2022!

Updated with additional photography and remastered audio.

Enjoy a new edit updated and remastered for HistoryFix in 2022!

Biographies often get made about people who seem almost larger than life in history. There are many others whose stories are equally as compelling that deserve to be told and remembered. In this episode one of those stories is told - that of Hans Christian Heg. There are many words that could de...

Will is joined by Nick Picerno, he is a collector and Chairman Emeritus of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, with a special item from his collection. Nick’s collection centers on the 1st – 10th – 29th Maine Regiment. Yes, that is correct, a regiment with three number designations! Do...

Join Civil War Digital Digest as will explores the history of Santa in the US, as brought here by many different traditions. Learn how Clement Moore's poem fits into the story. Then, sit back and enjoy a dramatic reading of that story accompanied by many wonderful Civil War era drawings of Santa ...

In this episode, we return to the Civil War era farm. If you had a cellar in your home and you lived in a climate that froze part of the winter, chances were you had a cold room. What was that? Join us as we visit with Brian James Egen and take a tour of a typical cold room. We explore how it wor...

Lard has many uses on the 19th century farm. Visit with Jeremy and Felicia from History Acres as they take you on the journey from harvesting lard, to preserving it, and then find out some of the uses!

Enjoy this program, which was re-edited by Civil War Digital Digest and includes additional im...

Pork was an incredibly important part of the Civil War era farm. Journey to the basement of a 19th century farm house, a place where pork was cared for and preserved, to explore more about the topic!

Enjoy this recut and remastered episode from Civil War Digital Digest!

Join Will as he goes through what the US soldier should have received as a ration, and how it varied with what was available.

Meet four men who all fought for the Union at Gettysburg. They all had different fates. They all left items behind. View the items. Hear the stories. Enjoy the history!

Join Will as he walks us through how the 8th Ohio, 84th Pennsylvania, and 14th Indiana go up against Stonewall Jackson's 1st Virginia, and 21st Virginia Irish Brigade in the Battle of First Kernstown.

Join us for a battle that has multiple names in a space which is now another state! Let’s look at actions on the Confederate left of the Battle of Hoke’s Run on July 2, 1861.

Lots has changed at the Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum in Winchester, Virginia! Join us and check out the museum that is itself an artifact of the Civil War, situated in a beautiful part of Winchester. Let’s see what’s changed inside!

In this episode, Andrew and Will talk with historian Phil Spaugy about four terms used for long arms during the Civil War. They look at the definition of these terms, the evolution from one to the next, and a bit of the history to tie it all together. Enjoy this program in it's expanded form, giv...

Lizzy Yonley moved from what is currently West Virginia to a new house near Winchester with her family in 1862. Instead of escaping combat, this move put her right in its path! Let’s explore the actions of June 14, 1863 on the west side of Winchester and hear stories of Union, Confederates, and ...

The 8th New York is on the lines at Cross Keys battlefield, and doesn't realize there are Confederates lying in wait for them.

Only weeks after Gettysburg, Union and Confederate forces vie for control of the gaps in the Shenandoah Valley. On July 21st, 1863 the 17th Virginia marched into Front Royal. With their company B having been raised in Front Royal, it was a brief homecoming - then they had to defend nearby Manassa...

The Battle of Tom’s Brook was a cavalry battle. While old friends Custer and Rosser oversaw the entire fight, the action of the left was between two Ivy League grads. Let’s go to that side of the field and see how it went.

If you enjoyed this story, find out more about the post Gettysburg moveme...

Take a walk with Andrew around the Kernstown Battlefield just outside Winchester, Virginia. On this tour you will be transported back to March 23, 1862. Following the footsteps of the 8th Ohio Infantry on that day as they made history crossing paths with a portion of Stonewall Jackson’s men.