National Civil War Museum

The National Civil War Museum, located at One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a permanent, nonprofit educational institution created to promote the preservation of material culture and sources of information that are directly relevant to the American Civil War of 1861–1865, and the aftermath period of the war as related to Civil War Veterans' service organizations, including the Grand Army of the Republic, United Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy to 1920. The museum also serves as the National Headquarters for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War , the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic . Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
National Civil War Museum has hosted 5 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2015 Speech. Most appearances with Hari Jones (2), Wayne Motts (2). Most common tags: Civil War, African American History.

Recent Programs

November 5, 2022
The Civil War in Maryland Reconsidered

Editor Charles Mitchell discussed the role of Maryland during the Civil War and Reconstruction, challenging claims that the s…
June 8, 2019
Confederate Veterans in Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi Professor Susannah Ural described the treatment of Confederate veterans after the Civil Wa…
August 11, 2018
Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Espionage

Military historian William Feis talked about his book, Grant’s Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomatto…
May 5, 2018
Reconstruction, Race, and Andrew Johnson

Historian Allen Guelzo talked about his book, Reconstruction: A Concise History. He argued that despite the ratification of t…