War Department Videos
The War Department™ is a web-based video series in which expert historians, educators, military veterans and enthusiasts debate, discuss and analyze the American Civil War. Episodes will cover a particular topic in some detail and run roughly 10 minutes in length. “Shorts” will highlight other aspects of the Civil War, in roughly two minutes.
Moderated discussions, battle animation, on-site analysis, and telestration will highlight the series. The War Department™ takes its name from the Union and Confederate entities responsible for the armies on both sides during the conflict and is a production of the American Battlefield Trust.
Featured Content
A Bloodstained Artifact from Gettysburg
VIDEO | Garry Adelman and Douglas Ullman, Jr. meet with Wayne Motts of The National Civil War Museum to look at artifacts owned by Captain Henry...
General Lee's Headquarters Artifacts at Gettysburg
VIDEO | Garry Adelman visits The Horse Soldier in Gettysburg to discuss some of the artifacts associated with Lee's Headquarters with museum owner Wes...
Culp's Hill
VIDEO | Licensed Battlefield Guide Tim Smith and the Trust's Sam Smith debate whether or not the Confederate Army should have tried to take Culp's...
The Crater at Petersburg
On the morning of July 30, 1864, Union troops exploded a mine underneath Elliott's Salient, an earthwork (jutting out to form an angle) defending...
Lee's Headquarters Restoration Plan
In 2014-2015, the Trust saved the four-acre Lee’s Headquarters property at Gettysburg. In this episode of the War Department™, Garry Adelman describes...
The Battle of Monocacy
In this War Department™ episode, Garry Adelman interviews National Park Service Rangers as they share stories of the Battle of Monocacy. This battle...