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Vol. 8, No. 2

Why did Robert E. Lee turn down command of the Union army and join the Confederacy in 1861? It's complicated.

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LLOYD: Harbor of Spies (2018)

Book Reviews

Lloyd weaves a story of the political intricacies of Spanish Cuba, which served as a base for shipping munitions...through the federal...

LOPERFIDO (ed.): Death, Disease, and Life at War (2018)

Book Reviews

Loperfido has done the study of Civil War medicine a valuable service....

COLLINS: A Crooked River (2018)

Book Reviews

Collins pays particular attention to the U.S. Civil War, the French Intervention in Mexico, Reconstruction, and cattle rustling.

“Martyrs” to Their Cause: John Brown, Edmund Ruffin, and Harpers Ferry

Articles

Long before the tumult and rage in Charlottesville last year over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a city park, and a fear that...

TAGG: The Generals of Shiloh (2017)

Book Reviews

Tagg has not written a stand-alone book on the Battle of Shiloh, but rather a superb supplement that also reads well from cover to cover.

MALAVASIC: The F Street Mess (2017)

Book Reviews

Since Congress began debating the Kansas-Nebraska Act, it has inspired torrents of words, from polemics and conspiracy theories to insider...

HESS: The Battle of Peach Tree Creek (2017)

Book Reviews

The Battle of Peach Tree Creek by Earl Hess is a solid work that fits neatly into the growing historiography of the Atlanta Campaign.

GREENE: A Campaign of Giants (2018)

Book Reviews

To say that Greene's research is exhaustive does not quite do it justice...this first volume certainly establishes itself as essential...

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.

FRENCH: Phantoms of the South Fork (2017)

Book Reviews

Steve French sheds light on an understudied Confederate partisan ranger unit: John and Jesse McNeill's Rangers.

Whither Public History?

Articles

Public history is presented in museums and historical societies; at monuments or national, state, and local parks. John Coski writes about...

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COLLINS: A Crooked River (2018)

Book Reviews

Collins pays particular attention to the U.S. Civil War, the French Intervention in Mexico, Reconstruction, and cattle rustling.

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.

AYERS: The Thin Light of Freedom (2017)

Book Reviews

Hindsight, Ayers understands, is often the enemy of understanding.

The Eisenhower Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg

Articles

While not commonly looked upon as part of the battlefield, the Eisenhower Farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, played a significant role during...

The West's Missing War

Stereoscope

Why is the Civil War mostly absent in one of our most beloved film and television genres?

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....