Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute (CWI) recently released “Touring the Battle of Cool Spring.” The eight-page guide, which includes nine stops within the university’s Shenandoah ... Continue Reading University Releases Cool Spring Battlefield…
McCormick Civil War Institute And Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation Partner For Future Collaboration Provides Opportunities For A Wide Array of Projects Throughout The Shenandoah Valley National Historic District
Pictured above: Front row, from left to right: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation CEO Keven M. Walker; Shenandoah University President Tracy Fitzsimmons; Shenandoah University Vice President ... Continue Reading McCormick Civil War Institute And…
Publication of Note | March 2017 Brandon H. Beck's Winchester’s Three Battles: A Civil War Driving Tour Through Virginia’s Most War-Torn Town
Brandon H. Beck, "Winchester’s Three Battles: A Civil War Driving Tour Through Virginia’s Most War-Torn Town," Winchester, VA: Angle Valley Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-9711950-6-6. $21.95 The site of ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | March…
CWI to Commemorate 153rd Anniversary of the Battle of Cool Spring
On Saturday, July 15, CWI will offer a series of programs at Shenandoah University’s River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield, commemorating the largest and costliest engagement fought in Clarke ... Continue Reading CWI to Commemorate 153rd Anniversary…
Artifact of the Quarter | March 2017 Can it Stop a Bullet?: Body Armor in the Civil War
While the notion of our armed forces wearing some form of body armor to protect them from bullets is a common thought today, it was a revolutionary one during the Civil War. This early form of a ... Continue Reading Artifact of the Quarter |…
CWI to Publish The Journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era
Shenandoah University has given approval to CWI to publish an annual journal: The Journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era. The Journal will consist of feature essays – shorter ... Continue Reading CWI to Publish The Journal…
Shenandoah Alumnus Begins Tenure As Director Of McCormick Civil War Institute Jonathan Noyalas Returns ‘Home’ To Lead Institute Dedicated To Civil War-Era History
Jonathan A. Noyalas ’01 has joined Shenandoah University as director of the university’s McCormick Civil War Institute (CWI). The institute, founded in 1994, supports teaching and research about the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Alumnus Begins Tenure As…
Civil War Heroes & Villains
The lives and legacies of four of the Civil War’s most iconic names—Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Gen. George E. Pickett, and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant–are the focus of ... Continue Reading Civil War Heroes & Villains