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***** 2026 *****

Richmond, Virginia, February 13-15, 2026
American Civil War Museum 2026 Symposium: Relationships Forged in War
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, February 28, 2026
37th Annual Ohio Regimental Military Ball to be held at the Sheraton Suites, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia, March 21, 2026
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust's Spring Seminar -- No Backward Steps - From North Anna to Petersburg
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Martinsburg, West Virginia, April 9-11, 2026
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation Conference -- Harpers Ferry & Shepherdstown
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Carnegie, Pennsylvania, April 17-18, 2026
Andrew Caregie Free Library & Music Hall annual Civil War Symposium -- 1861: Small Battles, Big Outcomes
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Winchester, Virginia, April 18, 2026
The McCormick Civil War Institute Spring Conference -- "Quenching The ... Embers" Victory, Defeat, and Challenges After Appomattox
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Georgetown, Ohio, April 23-26, 2026
Grant Days 2025
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Monterey, California. May 1-3, 2026
Central Coast Civil War Conference, theme Seldom Heard History of the Civil War Era
A discount is available for Civil War Round Table members registering as a group. For more information

Mansfield, Ohio. May 2-3, 2026
The Ohio Civil War Show & Artillery Show will be held at the Richland County Fairgrounds.
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Burton, Ohio. May 23-24, 2026
A Civil War Encampment at Century Village
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Brimfield, Ohio. May 26, 2026, 5:30 - 6:45 PM
Passing of the Armies: Soldiers Lives After the Civil War. George N. Vourlojianis, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of History will discuss what happened at the end of the Civil War, when millions stacked their arms and returned home to a nation forever changed.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, June 12-17, 2026
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College 2026 Summer Conference
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College would like to offer the members of the Kent Civil War Society a 15% discount to attend the CWI summer conference June 12-17, 2026. Click here for conference information. Pick up discount information at a Kent Civil War Society meeting when it becomes available or email us at info@kentcivilwar.org

Amherst, Ohio. June 19-20, 2026
Military History Preservation Group -- The Taste of History: An all eras look at the life of the average soldier through food
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Spotsylvania, Virginia, August 7-9, 2026
The 12th Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge -- The Cities of War
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Bath/Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio. August 8-9, 2026
A Civil War Re-enactment at Hale Farm and Village.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 11-13, 2026
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust's 2026 Annual Conference -- Second Fredericksburg "The Forgotten Front"
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Roundtables and Program Series

Kent Civil War Society (Kent)
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - group discussion on the topic What Civil War period person would you most like to meet and what question would you ask them? For information on meetings, see https://kentcivilwar.org

Stark County Civil War Roundtable (Greentown)
Thursday, May 21, 2026 - Gary Jakubick presenting Rarely Visited Gettysburg Monuments. For information, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/134738730458716

The Civil War Round Table of Central Louisiana is live broadcasting the presentations at its meetings on Facebook Live. Registration is not required. For upcoming events, see https://www.facebook.com/cwrtofcenla/

The Civil War Roundtable Congress is presenting an online lecture series. Registration is required. For a list of upcoming lectures and more information, see https://www.cwrtcongress.org/future-events/fridays.html .

The Blue & Gray Education Society presents a number of tours each year, along with funding projects related to educating the public about the Civil War. For information on the organization's current tour schedule and projects, follow the links on https://blueandgrayeducation.org .

The Civil War Talk Radio is a weekly, hour long, internet-based talk radio show hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz of East Carolina University. Each week, Gerry interviews leading historians, authors, enthusiasts, etc. on all things Civil War related. For more information, see the supporting web site at https://www.impedimentsofwar.org .

The American Battlefield Trust presents information on a variety of topics and in a variety of formats in conjunction with its efforts to preserve battlefields and related sites from the Civil War, Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Explore what the trust has to offer at https://www.battlefields.org .

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine presents a series of live and recorded events on Facebook. For upcoming events, see https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarMed/events/ . Earlier presentations are available on their Videos page.

Publishers & Publications

CIVIL WAR BOOKS and AUTHORS is an independent, non-fiction Civil War book review journal, with news, commentary, interviews, and more.

CIVIL WAR LIBRARY, provider of free original Union and Confederate Books, Manuscripts and Photographs

For publishers with a significant Civil War catalog, see the following...
Savas Beatie
Casemate
The University of North Caroline Press
McFarland
Mercer University Press
West Virginia Book Company
Heritage Books
Little Miami Books

Games

The American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC) has been formed to play American Civil War computer games. Membership is required. For more information, go to http://wargame.ch/wc/acw/.

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