The Civil War Picket
Civil War news, preservation, interviews, archaeology and more
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Steamboat Sultana: Stories of heroic rescues lie just beneath the surface in NE Arkansas. The wreckage itself is a good bit deeper, likely under a soybean field
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Rick DeSpain's drawing of John Fogleman taking raft to rescue ( www.DeSpainPrints.com ) For more than 200 years, a John Fogleman has li...
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Drummer boy Tommie Wood died of pneumonia. Matthew Nunnally fell at Gettysburg. My trips to a Georgia county and 2 photos put their stories together
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Pvt. Thomas G. Wood (left, courtesy David W. Vaughan Collection) and Matthew and Josiah Nunnally (Findagrave) I had an “aha moment” this wee...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
National Civil War Naval Museum hopes to arrange and display armor from ironclad's fantail by the end of March. The complex piece -- damaged by an arson fire in 2020 -- was built to protect CSS Jackson's rudder, propellers
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Fantail before arson fire, Brandon Gilland with armor, charred wood, explainer on design (Picket photos) A fire set by Union cavalrymen in 1...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
SC's Civil War governor slept (and likely burned papers) here. Group fixing up home in Union is raising money for next phase as craftsman pours TLC into windows
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(Clockwise from top left): Two completed Dawkins House windows, dowel use in sash, front door transom needing work, wartime Gov. Andrew Magr...
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