In the Heart of the Confederacy, a new Civil War Museum

The American Civil War Museum, a new institution formed out of a merger between the American Civil War Center and the Museum of the Confederacy, sits on the banks of the James River. If, as the museum’s CEO Christy Coleman says, the Civil War “saved and redefined what the American republic would be,” the new museum redefines the war’s legacy as perpetually bound to our always-fraught present.

Aaron KillianMay 2, 2019Andrew Davenport, American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Smithsonian, Civil War, Coleman, Rawls, Historic AmericaComment