VaTech Civil War

Our next free webinar is TODAY!! Join us tonight, March 16, at 7 p.m. for a fascinating and FREE online conversation with historian W. Fitzhugh Brundage about prisoners of war in the American Civil War. Register here: virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We are just ONE WEEK away from our next free webinar! Join us March 16 at 7 p.m. for a fascinating and FREE online conversation with historian W. Fitzhugh Brundage about prisoners of war in the American Civil War. Register here: virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

This is the final week to apply for our paid internships for Virginia Tech students! We offer paid internships of up to $3,500 for Virginia Tech students (undergraduate or graduate) interested in Civil War history. Full details: civilwar.vt.edu/grants/interns…

Please join us Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. at Virginia Tech for an in-person lecture on Civil War history. VCCWS Postdoctoral Associate Stuart Marshall will speak about his own research and share some findings about Southern Unionists' claims in Montgomery County, Va. Details below ⬇️

🚨 Event Update 🚨 Due to the possibility of more snow this weekend, our Music of the Civil War program, presented by Geoff White, has been rescheduled. 📅 New date: Saturday, February 7 ⏰ Time: 1:00 PM 📍 Location: Alexander Black House ❄️ We hope to see you all Feb. 7!

Join us on Saturday, January 31 @ 1 PM in Blacksburg to hear music and stories from the Civil War, performed by historian and musician Geoff White. This event is free and open to the public. @historicsmithfield @blacksburgmuseum

The deadline is approaching for our paid internships for Virginia Tech students interested in Civil War history! Applications are due by Feb 6. Full details: civilwar.vt.edu/grants/interns…

🎺 Did You Know? During the Civil War, thousands of songs were published to rally troops, comfort hearts, and express the hopes and fears of a nation at war -- all part of America’s musical story. 📜 Join Geoff White on Jan 31 for live performance + history in Blacksburg!

Our next free webinar is TODAY!! Join author Angela F. Murphy for an online talk tonight at 7 pm. about Jermain Loguen, who escaped slavery to become an influential abolitionist, famously known as the “King of the Underground Railroad.” Register here: bit.ly/4nYs8Bq

Join us for Civil War Weekend 2026! Virginia Tech’s annual Civil War Weekend will be held March 27-29, 2026 in Blacksburg. Details of the schedule and our fantastic speaker lineup are available now: civilwar.vt.edu/events/civilwa…

Our next free webinar is only two weeks away! Join us Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. to learn more about medicine during the Civil War. Register here: virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In case you missed it - our spring lecture with Dr. Hilary Green is now available to watch on the C-SPAN web site! Check it out here: c-span.org/event/the-civi…

The Reynolds Homestead in Patrick County, gifted to Virginia Tech by the Reynolds family in 1970, will host a community-wide Juneteenth celebration on June 19 that is free and open to the public. For more details: bit.ly/440KwBR

Congratulations and welcome to our 2025 summer interns! They will be working and learning at Civil War sites across Virginia with funding from the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. To learn more: civilwar.vt.edu/grants/interns…

Our latest webinar is available to watch on YouTube! Click here to learn about the multiple endings to the Civil War from author and professor Michael Vorenberg: youtu.be/fZ75ecovWK8?si…

For our followers in the D.C. area -- join Virginia Tech professor Kurt Luther to learn about the Civil War Photo Sleuth project at Tech on Tap at Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One in Alexandria on Thursday, April 24, at 6 p.m. : bit.ly/4cI7x0i

Don't miss our final webinar of the year -- "Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War," on April 22 at 7 p.m. The webinar is free and open to the public but registration is required: virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

A Franklin County monument to honor 70 Black Union Civil War soldiers is getting national attention. Read more about the project in this article from ABC News: abcnews.go.com/US/black-civil…

A highlight of our Civil War Weekend was a huge announcement - the donation of more than 1,000 Civil War era documents by Sue Heth Bell, Virginia Tech alumna and great-great-granddaughter of Wharton. Read the full story here: news.vt.edu/.../04/univlib…

At our Civil War Weekend March 28-30, learn about the violence leading up to the Civil War in Director Paul Quigley’s talk, “Preston Brooks, John Brown, and the Righteous Violence of the 1850s.” 📷Cartoon of Preston Brooks assaulting Charles Sumner in 1856. (Wikimedia Commons)