Silas Casey wrote a drill manual which was approve in 1862 and became the predominate system of drill in the Union armies later in the Civil War. Here, explore how a group of four man can make a stack of their weapons so they can walk away and not just set them on the ground. Enjoy this update an...

Israel B. Richardson was one of the few men to enter the Civil War with a nickname. “Fighting Dick” was a sobriquet earned in hard fighting in the War with Mexico. Relatively unknown today, this West Point graduate was very well known in the army during the Civil War and his untimely death hurt t...

The Civil War is filled with stories of friends and family enlisting together, especially earlier in the war. Along with the communities they lived in coming together to support their soldiers as they left home. Mike Huston, a collector, shares one of these stories from Iowa. Let’s meet a group o...

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 ...