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Vol. 7, No. 3

His troops saw Robert E. Lee as the embodiment of their cause ... the one man they could not afford to lose.

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A Ball's Bluff Letter

In the First Person

On October 21, 1861, Union forces crossed the Potomac River to attack what they thought was a Confederate camp near Leesburg, Virginia. Even...

DAVIS: All the Fighting They Want (2017)

Book Reviews

...this book is a strong choice for those wishing to learn more about the Atlanta campaign.

GREEN: McClellan and the Union High Command (2017)

Book Reviews

Green...examines the development and creation of the Union high command.

HETTLE: The Confederate Homefront (2017)

Book Reviews

Hettle's book is a wonderful resource for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the Civil War era and those who lived it.

CRAIG & ULLRICH: Unconditional Unionist (2016)

Book Reviews

Kentucky is the sphinx on the landscape of the American Civil War...

Extra Voices: Sounds of War

Articles

In the Voices department of our summer 2014 issue (Vol. 4, No. 2) we featured soldiers' quotes that highlight some of the many different...

FOUGHT: Women in the World of Frederick Douglass (2017)

Book Reviews

...essential reading for those seeking to better know Douglass.

The Search for Orville Wheelock

In the First Person

One hundred fifty years ago this month, 28-year-old Michigan resident Julia Wheelcock learned that her brother, Orville, a soldier in the ...

WALDSTREICHER & MASON: John Quincy Adams and the Politics of Slavery (2016)

Book Reviews

...this collection of primary sources provides important insight into John Quincy Adams's views on the most divisive issue of his generation...

Robert E. Lee, Confederate Memorials, and the Burden of the Past

Commentary

On August 13, a statue of Robert E. Lee took center stage in the struggle over the meaning and legacy of the Civil War. That day a "Unite...

PITTMAN: Rebels in the Rockies (2014)

Book Reviews

...illustrates irregular activity in a region that has long been understudied in the scholarly literature.

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The B&A Q&A: Sydney Blumenthal

Author Interview

In May, Simon & Schuster released Wrestling With His Angel, the second book in veteran journalist and presidential advisor Sidney Blumenthal...

Extra Dossier: Robert E. Lee

From the Archives

For the Dossier section of the Summer 2015 issue of The Civil War Monitor, we asked a panel of Civil War historians a series of questions...

The Unintended Expert

Articles

How a chance encounter led Garry Adelman to a second career in Civil War history...

Embattled Banner: A Conversation with Tony Horwitz

Commentary

To help make sense of the recent developments regarding the Confederate battle flag, we sat down with Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning...

An Interview with Anne Sarah Rubin (2014)

Behind the Lines

Our conversation with Anne Sarah Rubin, an Associate Professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and recent author...

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...