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Vol. 8, No. 4

At the height of the war's epic battle, George Meade convened his senior commanders and posed a critical question: Should they retreat or stay and fight?

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ROBERTS (ed.): 'This Infernal War' (2018)

Book Reviews

Editor Timothy Roberts deserves high marks...makes for good reading, and researchers will find it equally rewarding.

The Best Civil War Books of 2018

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With the help of a handful of Civil War historians and enthusiasts, here is our compilation of their favorite Civil War books published in 2...

MITCHAM: Vicksburg (2018)

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Vicksburg ... is a book for popular audiences ... particularly those seeking a perspective more sympathetic to the Confederates.

Interview: Emerging Scholars at American Civil War Museum

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As proud sponsors of American Civil War Museum’s upcoming Emerging Scholars program—set to occur next May during the grand opening of...

SOMMERS: Challenges of Command in the Civil War (2018)

Book Reviews

...a welcome introduction to the work of a distinguished historian.

STEWART & MARKS (eds.): Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations (2018)

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With selections ranging from revolutionary-era South Carolina to mid-century Liberia to 1880s Brazil, the assembled essays provide a rich...

WERT: Civil War Barons (2018)

Book Reviews

Wert's skill in weaving together historical argument and satisfying narrative are on full display...

"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...

ULLRICH & CRAIG: General E.A. Paine in Western Kentucky (2018)

Book Reviews

...a notable effort to raise the eponymous Union officer from [the] realm of 'folklore and myth.'

LANG: In The Wake of War (2017)

Book Reviews

Lang's deeply researched account...is relevant for understanding not just the Civil War, but war in our own time.

WHITE: New Bern and the Civil War (2018)

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The Union occupation of New Bern began in early 1862, when Major General Ambrose Burnside captured the river port.

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

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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...

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.

Winter is Coming

Photo Essays

With the winter season nearly upon us, we thought it the perfect time to compile Civil War scenes—in photos and sketches—that invoke the...

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....

Fantasizing Lee as a Civil Rights Pioneer

Analysis

There's a tale widely told these days about how Robert E. Lee, soon after the war, reached out in Christian fellowship to a black worshiper...