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Rethinking Robert E. Lee

Vol. 11, No. 3

He was lauded as the Confederacy's best general, a commander of mythic status. The truth is more complicated.

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The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia

Photo Essays

Published in 1890, "The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia"--a slim volume devoted to telling the story of the battles fought along the Western &...

ASHTON: William Barksdale, CSA (2021)

Book Reviews

William Barksdale's life is often reduced to a single episode...the charge his brigade made at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863.

MARTEN & JANNEY (eds.): Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America (2021)

Book Reviews

"Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America" reveals how the war, in ways big and small, continued to annex ordinary lives at...

OVIES: The Boy Generals (2021)

Book Reviews

A dual biography of George Custer and Wesley Merritt, Adolfo Ovies' "The Boy Generals" is based on an extensive array of primary sources.

The Five Best Books on Civil War Guerrillas

Articles

"This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer. He’s from Missouri where they’re all known to be killers of innocent men, women, and children....

Mr. Gridley and His Sack of Flour

Image of the Day

In the January 21, 1865, issue of Harper's Weekly, the editors published a small story about a man from Nevada who had lost an election for...

HOLDEN: Surviving Southampton (2021)

Book Reviews

Vanessa M. Holden's "Surviving Southampton" moves our attention from Nat Turner to his community at a time when the appeal for uncovering...

Unceasing Fury at Chickamauga

In the First Person

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, pitted the William Rosecrans Army of the Cumberland against Braxton Bragg's ...

STEINER: Lincoln and Citizenship (2021)

Book Reviews

"Lincoln and Citizenship" is a terrific addition to the Concise Lincoln Library series from Southern Illinois University Press.

Extra Voices: Nicknames

Articles

In the Voices section of the Fall 2021 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about...

REEVES: A Fire in the Wilderness (2021)

Book Reviews

John Reeves' "A Fire in the Wilderness" captures well the horrors of the combat.

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After Fort Wagner

In the First Person

On July 20, 1863, Lewis Douglass, 22, a member of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry—and son of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass—wrote...

Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 1

Articles

Between fall 2013 and summer 2016, I contributed seven short essays to The Civil War Monitor as “Voices From the Army of the Potomac.” ...

The Best Civil War Books of 2020

Articles

With the help of a handful of Civil War historians and enthusiasts, here is our list of the best Civil War books of 2020.

John Brown's Raid

Photo Essays

In October 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of obtaining the necessary...

Quote for the Day: Autumn is Coming

Quotables

“We were forced to breathe dust freely, but through the clouds which rose wherever the regiment moved we caught refreshing views of...

The Best Civil War Books of All Time

Analysis

What are the best Civil War books ever published? We asked a panel of Civil War historians—J. Matthew Gallman, Matthew C. Hulbert, James ...