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What if Lincoln Had Lived?

Vol. 13, No. 3

An assassin's bullet ended his life just weeks into his second term as president. His vision for the reuniting country died with him.

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WILSON: The Southern Way of Life (2023)

Book Reviews

Charles Reagan Wilson pours a career's worth of research, observation, and expertise into "The Southern Way of Life."

FREDETTE: Heartsick and Astonished (2023)

Book Reviews

Fredette's "Heartsick and Astonished" contains important insights into the home lives of ordinary individuals caught up in one of the nation...

Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 8

Articles

Putting this series together has been enjoyable but also frustrating. None of the retrospective literature created by soldiers in the ranks...

HARRIS: Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered (2023)

Book Reviews

Across a career spanning nearly six decades, historian William C. Harris has produced important books on virtually every facet of the...

Hints to Soldiers

Photo Essays

The Soldier in Our Civil War, a multi-volume work about the Civil War published in 1893, showcases many of the illustrations that appeared...

OWENS: Consent in the Presence of Force (2023)

Book Reviews

Emily Owens's "Consent in the Presence of Force" offers both a cultural history of violence in the antebellum U.S. South and an intellectual...

ROGER HEPBURN (ed.): Private No More (2023)

Book Reviews

Sharon A. Roger Hepburn has undertaken an extremely challenging task and performed it superbly in "Private No More."

ORR: The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 (2023)

Book Reviews

Timothy J. Orr's "The Battle of Gettysburg 1863" is a perfect guide for battlefield visitors....and a handy reference for scholars.

Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 7

Articles

Three books containing Robert E. Lee’s testimony provide the foundation for any collection on the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee forged...

NUNLEY: The Demands of Justice (2023)

Book Reviews

Tamika Nunley's "The Demands of Justice" explores what justice looked like under slavery.

GOODYEAR: President Garfield (2023)

Book Reviews

C.W. Goodyear is determined to give James A. Garfield a fresh look.

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The Best Civil War Books of 2022

Articles

The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2022 issue contains our annual roundup of the year's best Civil War titles. As usual, we've...

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...