The Abraham Lincoln Book of Quotes (2023)
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In “The Abraham Lincoln Book of Quotes,” editor Travis Hellstrom presents some of the sixteenth president’s “most loved wisdom.”
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Robert E. Lee's Unwritten History
Vol. 14, No. 3
Grant and Sherman did it. Hood and Longstreet and Johnston too. So why didn’t the Confederacy’s greatest general write a memoir of the war?
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The Civil War’s Miracle Drugs
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Medicine during the Civil War is often thought of as having been dangerous and backward. Surgeon General of the U.S. Army William A. Hammond, who served from 1861-1863, is supposed…
The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism (2024)
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In “The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism,” Niels Eichhorn and Duncan Campbell offer a convincing study of how the Civil War fit into broader international movements.
Extra Voices: Killing the Enemy
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In the Voices section of our Summer 2024 issue we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers that revealed their thoughts about killing the enemy. Unfortunately, we didn’t have room…
The Coffee Wagon
The Front Line
In 1863, Philadelphia pharmacist Jacob Dunton designed and built a coffee wagon he then donated to the United States Christian Commission (USCC), an organization whose volunteers (known as “delegates”) provided…
“Tell Mother Not to Worry” (2024)
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Kirkwood’s study will undoubtedly appeal to Gettysburg aficionados. However, its utility should extend far beyond students of the conflict’s largest and costliest engagement.
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The Civil War’s Epidemics
Civil War Medicine
It’s well-known that the Civil War was the United States’ deadliest conflict. Between 750,000 and 1 million Americans died, shockingly high figures that still drive interest in the conflict more…
McClellan’s Culture of Command
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George B. McClellan profoundly affected the course of the Civil War. His inexplicable retreat following a major victory at Malvern Hill in July 1862 undoubtedly lengthened the conflict and, to…
A Hospital Steward’s Story
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During the Siege of Port Hudson in 1863—part of the Union military’s attempt to seize control of the Mississippi River—James Kendall Hosmer, a soldier in the 52nd Massachusetts Infantry,…
The Best Civil War Books of 2023
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The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2023 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we’ve enlisted a handful of Civil War…
The Books That Built Me: John Hennessy
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The contruction of my historiographical self began on a rainy afternoon in fifth grade. There was no chance for outdoor romping, or venturing through the deluge to a friend’s house…
Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 8
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DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University Soldiers of the Texas Brigade Putting this series together has been enjoyable but also frustrating. None of the retrospective literature created by soldiers in the…