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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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Showalter's "was the name that became most associated in California with treason after the outbreak of the American Civil War."
"An army marches on its stomach." Variations of this statement have been attributed to great historical leaders, including Frederick the ...
The Civil War Monitor is proud to sponsor The American Civil War Museum’s upcoming Emerging Scholars Program. As part of the museum’s...
On March 6, 1865, two days after he delivered his second inaugural address to a massive crowd gathered on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, ...
Destined to become a staple for anyone seeking a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the Gettysburg Campaign's opening weeks.
Singelyn and Barnard have produced a useful volume of letters that detail an officer's perspective about military life and Custer.
Blount's dynamic prose moves with the celerity of Wilson's mounted columns.
The Dunker Church on the Antietam battlefield is one of the most iconic and distinctive buildings of the American Civil War.
Villard's newspaper dispatches are a rich resource for students of the Secession Winter.
A top-notch operational study that benefits from Gottfried's judicious insights and experience as a military historian.
Teters parses and explains well the complexity of how emancipation played out on the ground, making his book a valuable contribution to the...
As proud sponsors of American Civil War Museum’s upcoming Emerging Scholars program—set to occur next May during the grand opening of...
Nearly twenty years after the end of the Civil War, Union army veteran Melvin Grigsby traveled south in hopes of locating the local woman...
What are the five best books about the Battle of Gettysburg (nonfiction or fiction)? We asked six Civil War historians for their answers.
For our latest newsstand-only special issue, The Civil War Almanac, we asked a panel of Civil War historians--J. Matthew Gallman, Matthew C....
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