Articles
Published: 9/1/20
Thirst
Read first-hand accounts of how Union and Confederate soldiers dealt with thirst on and off the battlefield.
Published: 9/1/20
A Sinister Band
A look at a Civil War–era poison ring, which contains a small box intended to be filled with a toxin.
Published: 9/1/20
Wounded Warriors
For thousands of injured or infirm Union soldiers, the Invalid Corps provided a means to extend their military service.
Published: 9/1/20
The Hero of Franklin
How quick thinking by Colonel Emerson Opdycke helped save the day for Union forces at the Battle of Franklin.
Published: 9/1/20
Counterfeit Confederates
As the notion of sectional reconciliation spread in the decades after the Civil War, impostors showed up with invented wartime histories.
Published: 9/1/20
The Soldier Vote
When the Civil War began, only Pennsylvania permitted soldiers to vote in the field. By November 1864, 19 northern states had enfranchised troops.
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Published: 12/1/20
The “Notorious” Lieutenant Davidson
Hunter Davidson forged a successful Civil War career as a Confederate torpedo expert—one he promoted in the decades after the war.
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Published: 12/1/20
An Artist in the Ranks
An in-depth look at the Civil War Illustrations of Adolph Metzner, who served in the 32nd Indiana Infantry during the conflict.
Published: 12/1/20
Monumental Decisions
Across the country, Confederate monuments and symbols are coming down. We enlisted a panel of top historians to help make sense of it all.
Published: 12/1/20
Winter 2020 | Dispatches
Reader comments and questions published in the Winter 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 12/1/20
A Changing Landscape
Editorial reflections from the Winter 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 12/1/20
Time-Honored Deeds
The story of Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in January 2001.
Published: 12/1/20
“Commodore Dead”
Learn about the Commodore locomotive, which derailed in April 1864 on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad near Brandy Station, Virginia.
Published: 12/1/20
Changing of the Guard
The American Battlefield Trust announces its new president, David N. Duncan, who replaces Jim Lighthizer in the role.
Published: 12/1/20
Rallying for Lincoln
A groups of young girls display their patriotism in a photo made during the Civil War.
Published: 12/1/20
Mead’s Pocket-Box of Games
In early 1862, New York City manufacturer W.S. Mead produced a “Pocket Box of Games” aimed at Union soldiers and sailors.
Published: 12/1/20
Coffee
Firsthand quotes about the strong reliance Union and Confederate soldiers had on coffee during the Civil War.
Published: 3/7/21
United States Sanitary Commission at Gettysburg
Facts and figures about the U.S. Sanitary Commission's work at Gettysburg after the epic battle, one of its largest relief efforts of the war.