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Vol. 10, No. 4

Across the country, Confederate symbols are coming down. We enlisted a panel of top historians to help make sense of it all.

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GOTTFRIED: The Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign (2020)

Book Reviews

"The Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign" makes excellent use of primary accounts penned by Union and Confederate cavalrymen....

FUOSS: Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg (2020)

Book Reviews

Jarrad Fuoss has made a useful contribution to understanding the symbolism of the "Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg" and its place...

"The Good Lord Bird": Episode 7

Analysis

On October 4, 2020, The Good Lord Bird, a 7-part miniseries about the life of abolitionist John Brown—based on the award-winning novel...

"The Good Lord Bird": Episode 6

Analysis

On October 4, 2020, The Good Lord Bird, a 7-part miniseries about the life of abolitionist John Brown—based on the award-winning novel...

TAYLOR: Fighting for Citizenship (2020)

Book Reviews

Brian Taylor's "Fighting for Citizenship" gives nuance to a debate that is all too often limited to an invocation of the famous 'Men of ...

TAYLOR (ed.): My Dear Nelly (2020)

Book Reviews

"My Dear Nelly" reveals Orlando Poe to be a man of both ability and no little ego, but one who struggled for distinction in the field and...

"The Good Lord Bird": Episode 5

Analysis

On October 4, 2020, The Good Lord Bird, a 7-part miniseries about the life of abolitionist John Brown—based on the award-winning novel...

BUTLER: Unforgiven (2021)

Book Reviews

"Unforgiven" presents a unique, tense, and absorbing twist on an unprecedented moment in U.S. Civil War and judicial history.

"The Good Lord Bird": Episode 4

Analysis

On October 4, 2020, The Good Lord Bird, a 7-part miniseries about the life of abolitionist John Brown—based on the award-winning novel...

The Five Best Books on the Confederate Homefront

Articles

For decades, books about the Confederate homefront were often books about elite white slave-owning women—first Lost Cause-era flowery...

DUNBAR: She Came to Slay (2019)

Book Reviews

"She Came to Slay" is a model of how to write an engaging text for a younger, general audience.

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Agenda: October 2020 Events

News & Events

Looking for a Civil War event—virtual or in person—to attend in October? Here are some good options... 

The Best Books About Robert E. Lee

Articles

We recently asked a number of top Civil War historians to let us know their favorite books about Robert E. Lee. Here are the results...

The Greatest Bards: Part 1

American Iliad

An appreciation of Shelby Foote, a master of historical storytelling.

The Five Best Books on Civil War Combat

Articles

A roundup of the books that do the best job in capturing the nature of Civil War combat.

Lee's War Horse: Traveller

Articles

A look at Traveller, Robert E. Lee's famed war horse

The Overland Campaign

Photo Essays

An illustrated look at the clashes between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee during the Overland Campaign