During the American Civil War, northerners who supported an immediate peace with the Confederacy were dubbed “copperheads” by their pro-war opponents, in an attempt to paint them as untrustworthy and poisonous Confederate sympathizers. The copperheads took the name as a badge of honor, going as far as to fashion pins from copper pennies that featured [...]
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World premiere of Civil War film ‘Copperhead’ scheduled for Gettysburg’s Majestic Theatre
June 19th, 2013 
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New painting honors key Civil War moment for African Americans
June 19th, 2013 javal A thick, misty fog embraced the blue columns of African American soldiers “like a mantle of death” as they marched through pre-dawn darkness toward the enemy earthworks outside Richmond, Va. Spotted by Confederate pickets, members of the Sixth U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) quickly ran into a torrent of musket and artillery fire that cut through [...]
Interview with Ron Maxwell, director, Copperhead, a Civil War parable
June 17th, 2013 javal From the man who gave us “Gods and Generals” and “Gettysburg,” now comes another Civil War-based movie, Copperhead. “Copperhead” has been in production for over a year, will be seen in a special premiere in Gettysburg, Pa. on June 27 and then open in theaters across the country. For those who are unfamiliar with the [...]
New book sheds light on dark history of Civil War site in Millen
March 7th, 2013 javal The dark history of the Civil War is being brought into the light as a team from Georgia Southern continues to dig up artifacts from an old prison camp in Millen. But finding the site of Camp Lawton back in 2010 was just the first chapter to the story. Now, the project historian has written [...]
Union Stalwart
March 5th, 2013 javal ‘An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War” illuminates an unsung hero in the battle for the nation’s soul: New York. Its title derives from a prescient October 1858 speech that New York’s Sen. William Seward, the future U.S. secretary of state, delivered in Rochester, N.Y., on the subject of slavery and the [...]
‘The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek,’ a Civil War Mockumentary
March 4th, 2013 javal Ken Burns’s landmark documentary mini-series “The Civil War” is the point of departure for “The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek,” Wendy Jo Cohen’s amusing alternate Civil War history and affectionate sendup of Mr. Burns’s style. Ms. Cohen employs slow pans, landscape footage, black-and-white intertitles, mock period artwork, an elegiac fiddle-heavy soundtrack (composed by Patrick Derivaz) [...]
Civil War anniversary spurs artistic collaboration
February 28th, 2013 javal An ambitious National Civil War Project will be unveiled Thursday at Arena Stage as major universities and flagship theaters in four cities team up to create new performances and campus programming. The partnerships represent a “radical collaboration,” says Arena artistic director Molly Smith. Arena is working with George Washington University. The announcement is scheduled to [...]
Brighton Publishing signs Daniel Taylor for semi-biographical Civil War book “Grey Blue Water”
February 28th, 2013 javal Brighton Publishing LLC proudly announces the signing of Daniel Taylor for, “Grey Blue Water.” Based on historical accounts and handwritten letters passed down from his ancestors, author Daniel Taylor introduces readers to the incredibly challenging, yet rewarding, life of John Douglas Taylor, builder of the first US Navy hospital ship, Red Rover. Grey Blue Water [...]