Articles
Published: 3/7/20
History in the Digital Age
Historian and educator Kevin Levin takes a look at how historians are engaging scholars, enthusiasts, and the public in the digital age.
Published: 3/7/20
An Early Image of War
A photo shows the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island just days after it launched shells that inflicted heavy damage on Fort Sumter.
Published: 3/7/20
Lightening Their Load
Civil War soldiers regularly jettisoned personal effects in an effort to lighten their loads. Read what was dropped during the Chancellorsville Campaign.
Published: 3/7/20
A Steadfast Rebel
Emma Kline would be little remembered today if not for a photograph taken in 1864 showing her standing defiantly after her arrest for smuggling.
Published: 3/7/20
Virtual Reality Meets the Civil War
Civil War 1864: A Virtual Reality Experience lets users experience how it may have looked, felt, and sounded to be a Civil War soldier.
Published: 3/7/20
Pay Day
Read first-hand accounts from Civil War soldiers about their reaction to pay day during the war.
Published: 3/7/20
On the Trail of John Wilkes Booth
Visit sites along the way the of the escape route John Wilkes Booth took from Ford’s Theatre after assassinating Abraham Lincoln.
Published: 6/1/20
Summer 2020 | Dispatches
Reader questions and comments published in the Summer 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 6/1/20
Uncertain Times
Editorial commentary and reflections from the Summer 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 6/1/20
Camp Sports
Firsthand quotes about the camp sports that kept soldiers occupied and entertained during the Civil War, from baseball to boxing.
Published: 6/1/20
Joining Forces
As a result of a partnership, users of Ancestry.com and Fold3 now have access to American Battlefield Trust content.
Published: 6/1/20
Cadet to Boy Colonel
A look at Harry Burgwyn, a young Confederate who rose to the rank of colonel with the 26th North Carolina Infantry.
Published: 6/1/20
A Charleston Mercury Bulletin
An original Charleston Mercury broadside announcing South Carolina’s secession earned big at auction in 2009.
Published: 6/1/20
A Deathly Calm
The placid façade of Main Street in the small town of Sharpsburg, Maryland, just a few days after the Battle of Antietam belies the conditions there: thousands of wounded soldiers...
Published: 6/1/20
The B&A Profile: Ralph Peters
A look at the life and career of author Ralph Peters, who discusses some of his novels on the Civil War.
Published: 6/1/20
The Civil War’s Long Reach
Learn about dependent pensioners located in Europe—and the soldiers and sailors they lost during the American Civil War.
Published: 6/1/20
Seating for Surrender
When Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met to discuss the terms of Confederate surrender, they used the chairs—and sat at the table—shown here.
Published: 6/1/20
Skedaddle
To skedaddle is to make not just a chaotic but an almost comic retreat. It was first used at the beginning of the Civil War.
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