The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has opened a new Website in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the launch of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.

Fifty-year-old James Rumley kept a diary of life in Beaufort, North Carolina, during its occupation by Union troops in the Civil War, 1862 – 1865.

A copper sword stolen from Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb has been recovered.

A new book on the Second Battle of Manassas, or Second Bull Run, provides a blow-by-blow account of the fighting for Chinn Ridge and Henry Hill, “one of the clearest descriptions of Civil War combat this reviewer has ever read.”

A review calls “The New York Times: The Complete Civil War 1861-1865″ and its accompanying DVD-ROM “a MUST HAVE.”

A letter from the president of the General Meade Society regarding the analysis of Gen. George Meade by Ralph Peters in the Sept. 2011 issue of Armchair General magazine. Also, photos of reenactor Narciso Martinez of Durango, Mexico, as Pancho Villa.

Armchair General writer Jeffrey Paulding tags along on a Civil War Gettysburg Campaign staff ride conducted as part of Norwich University’s outstanding Master of Arts in Military History program.

After the War: The Lives and Images of Major Civil War Figures After the Shooting Stopped, by David Hardin, tells the post-war stories of 11 figures from the Civil War, ranging from U.S. Grant to Mary Chestnut.

Though far from the Civil War’s fields of conflict, Minnesota provided many troops that fought in some of the bloodiest of those battles. A reenactment at Wasioja, Minnesota, to honor those soldiers drew an estimated 10,000 visitors.

‘Guns of the Civil War’ is a heavy volume filled to the brim with clear, full-color, glossy close-ups of 150-year-old rifles and handguns, including many rare and one-of-a-kind weapons.

Historians have often criticized Confederate Major General Henry Heth’s decisions that brought on the battle of Gettysburg, but encounters with Pennsylvania’s hastily assembled ‘emergency militia’ may have been behind Heth’s actions.

The history advisor to the movie The Conspirators, Fred Borch, sits down with Armchair General to discuss how he helped ensure the movie was accurate from both an historical and legal perspective.

‘The Civil War Today’ app, with daily history updates, games, videos and more, earned Apple’s App of the Week award.

For the second time, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has rejected a proposal to build a casino near the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg National Military Park.

This feature patch includes new scenarios, a new map, and several bug fixes. It brings the game to version 1.2.

Scourge of War: Gettysburg should easily set the standard for all Civil War wargames, with hours of non-repetitive gameplay. I would heartily commend it to any gamer.