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Articles
Published: 3/18/24
A Close Call Close to Home
A wartime photograph helps tell the story of a Confederate soldier from Tennessee.
Published: 3/18/24
Fighting Again for Virginia’s Historic Resources
The fight against the establishment of a massive data center complex on the primeter of the Second Manassas Battlefield.
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Published: 3/18/24
Three Days in Gettysburg
Looking to visit Gettysburg? We had a local resident map out the ideal 3-day trip.
Published: 3/18/24
Spring 2024 | Dispatches
Reader feedback published in the Spring 2024 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 3/18/24
About the Size of It
A look at the Harper's Weekly cartoon "About the Size of It," a lighthearted take on General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign.
Published: 3/18/24
Q&A with Harold Holzer
A discussion with Lincoln scholar Harold Hozler about his book "Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration."
Published: 3/18/24
The Cabinet Diarists
Cecily Zander probes the personal writings of Lincoln administration cabinet members Edward Bates, Salmon P. Chase, and Gideon Welles.
Published: 3/18/24
7th Texas Battle Flag
The story of a Confederate battle flag carried by the 7th Texas Infantry that sold at auction in 2020.
Published: 3/18/24
The Broken Glass Plate of Lincoln and McClellan
A look at Alexander Gardner's iconic photo of Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan at Antietam.
Published: 3/18/24
An Unwilling Abolitionist
Joseph D. Hatfield and emancipation's effects within the Union army
Published: 3/18/24
The Centennial & The Twilight Zone
A look at how the Civil War was portrayed in Rod Serling's hit TV show
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Published: 3/18/24
Partners in War
Meet the wives of the American Civil War's top commanders. A special photo feature.
Published: 8/2/24
A Captured Weapon Freed
A photograph of Confederate soldier Charles Stephen Prescott Hill sheds light on the story of a captured sword.
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Published: 3/18/24
The Draper Raid of June 1864
A look at a controversial Union operation on Virginia's Northern Neck in the summer of 1864.
Published: 8/2/24
Essential Reading on Chancellorsville
Historian John Hennessy on his top five books about the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Published: 8/2/24
Front Face!
A Civil War envelope offers up a cheeky scene.
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Published: 8/2/24
The Fate of Charleston
The Rapid Rise and Precipitous Fall of the Birthplace of Secession
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Published: 8/2/24
Haven & Horror
A look at the National Homestead at Gettysburg, an orphanage that opened to great fanfare but closed a decade later amid allegations of abuse and financial misdeeds.
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