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The only museum in The United States that portrays the entire story of the American Civil War. History is preserved in equally balanced presentations that are humanistic in nature without bias to Union or Confederate causes.
Announcements:
African American Oral History Project: Part One
The National Civil War Museum is pleased to present, “The African American Oral History Project: Part One.” This one hour and eight minute presentation features the voices of African Americans from the American Civil War through Reconstruction, to modern times. The video presentation highlights the fascinating story of former slaveRead More...
Sweat & Steam: Transportation in the Civil War
Exhibit opens June 23, 2018 and will be on display through June 2, 2019.
This exhibit will examine the various transportation methods available in the North and South and how their use helped determine the course of the Civil War. Read More...
Captured on a Wet Plate: Photography during the Civil War
Exhibit opens January 18, 2018 and will be on display through December 31, 2018. This exhibit will examine the motivation behind the great Civil War photographers; Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner and Timothy H. O’Sullivan to name a few. For the first time in history, war was documented for all to seRead More...
