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The Framing of Fitz John Porter

Vol. 12, No. 2

After a crushing defeat at Second Bull Run, Union leaders looked for someone to blame. They soon found their man.

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STAHR: Salmon P. Chase (2022)

Book Reviews

"Salmon P. Chase" by Walter Stahr is an admirable treatment of an oft-forgotten nineteenth century politician.

Quick Picks: Civil War Photography Books

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Looking for good books on Civil War photography? We asked Ronald S. Coddington, author and publiser of Military Images magazine, for three...

REMSEN & UPP: Back From Battle (2021)

Book Reviews

"Back From Battle" documents the valuable role that Pennsylvania's Camp Discharge played in the war's final months.

JONUSAS: Hell's Half-Acre (2022)

Book Reviews

Susan Jonusas's "Hell's Half-Acre" spotlights the Benders as particularly monstrous actors on a stage covered in the blood of conquest and...

WALTERS: Harriet Tubman (2022)

Book Reviews

In "Harriet Tubman" Kerry Walters adds historical depth to the well-known abolitionist's life.

The Books That Built Me: Brian Matthew Jordan

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I suppose you could say that I started researching my recently published book, Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War,...

WHITE: To Address You as My Friend (2021)

Book Reviews

"To Address You as My Friend" assembles a wonderfully rich and fascinating mosaic of the hopes, dreams, and frustrations of African ...

GROELING: First Fallen (2021)

Book Reviews

"First Fallen" is a welcome addition to the literature that casts its gaze on the North and the men who rallied to the United States flag in...

Assassination Artifacts

Photo Essays

“That is the last speech he will ever make.” So remarked John Wilkes Booth on April 11, 1865, after listening to President Abraham ...

PETERS (ed.): Our Comfort in Dying (2021)

Book Reviews

In "Our Comfort in Dying," Jonathan W. Peters brings together significant works by a Virginian who was notable not only as one of those who...

WHITE: A House Built By Slaves (2022)

Book Reviews

In "A House Built By Slaves," Jonathan W. White offers a narrative of Black Americans pushing the president toward emancipation and Lincoln...

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The Best Civil War Books of 2021

Articles

With the help of a handful of Civil War historians, here is our list of the best Civil War books of 2021.

Gettysburg Photo Mystery Solved?

Commentary

With the help of an Artificial Intelligence-based, computerized color identifier and cutting-edge software that created a 3D rendering of Mc...

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 &...

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 ...

Bowdoin's Other Civil War Sons

Analysis

Discussions surrounding Bowdoin College and the Civil War invariably return to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20th Maine. But another...

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...