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WHITE: Let Us Die Like Men (2019)

Book Reviews

Unable to compel Sherman to attack, Hood trundled west into Alabama and changed his objective.

TSOURAS: Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War (2018)

Book Reviews

The author shows how a superior general staff...helped wrest the initiative away from Lee's army as the war in the Eastern Theater dragged...

BROOMALL: Private Confederacies (2019)

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[S]tands at the edge of a field of historical inquiry that is sure to gain greater currency among historians...

The Seven Days Battles

Photo Essays

Between July 25 and July 1, 1862, George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia battled on the...

SEIPLE: Louisa on the Front Lines (2019)

Book Reviews

Much like Alcott's work, Seiple's narrative leaps off the page.

SAINLAUDE: France and the American Civil War (2019)

Book Reviews

...a marvelous book that contains fascinating analysis about French diplomacy...demonstrates how historians have too long made France into a...

Extra Dossier: J.E.B. Stuart

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We recently asked a panel of Civil War historians a series of questions about Major General James Ewell Brown "J.E.B." Stuart—a way of...

SCHLOTTERBECK (et al., eds.): James Riley Weaver's Civil War (2019)

Book Reviews

Weaver's writings provide rare insight into the complexities of the prisoner of war experience.

HORWITZ: Spying on the South (2019)

Book Reviews

We have lost a singular voice in the field of popular history.

The Best Civil War Movies of All Time

Articles

For our recent newsstand-only special issue The Civil War Almanac, we asked a number of Civil War historians for their opinions on a variety...

MILLER: North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (2019)

Book Reviews

Reveals a new perspective on pro-Union southerners....draws sensible conclusions from the evidence it uses.

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BROOMALL: Private Confederacies (2019)

Book Reviews

[S]tands at the edge of a field of historical inquiry that is sure to gain greater currency among historians...

The American Civil War Museum: A Photo Tour

Photo Essays

Take a mini tour of the newly opened American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia.

Feeding the Troops

Photo Essays

"An army marches on its stomach." Variations of this statement have been attributed to great historical leaders, including Frederick the ...

"A Lady of Excellent Worth"

In the First Person

Nearly twenty years after the end of the Civil War, Union army veteran Melvin Grigsby traveled south in hopes of locating the local woman...

The Best Gettysburg Books

Articles

What are the five best books about the Battle of Gettysburg (nonfiction or fiction)? We asked six Civil War historians for their answers.

The Best Civil War Books of All Time

Analysis

For our latest newsstand-only special issue, The Civil War Almanac, we asked a panel of Civil War historians--J. Matthew Gallman, Matthew C....