15 Published: 7/13/25 NYC Draft Riots By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Cartoons Learns about the New York City draft riots that erupted in mid-July 1863 through illustrations published in various newspapers at the time.
Published: 7/7/25 Tall Tales Tested off the Battlefield By: Scott HippensteelCategory: The Front Line A science-based examination of claims that dead bodies carpeted the ground and bullets flew thick as hail on Civil War battlefields.
Published: 6/30/25 A Texan at Gettysburg By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Firsthand Accounts Discover the heartfelt letter of a Texas soldier, John Camden West, to his son after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Published: 6/23/25 “Conceived in Liberty” By: Christian McWhirterCategory: The Front Line Historian Christian McWhirter on how Abraham Lincoln's thinking on the Declaration of Independence fundamentally shaped how he defined freedom.
12 Published: 6/16/25 Civil War Fashion, Part 2 By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: People In this, the second installment of our "Civil War Fashion" series, we highlight more images of soldiers and civilians wearing snazzy clothes and accessories, carrying interesting props, and striking bold poses.
Published: 6/9/25 A Visit to Armstrong’s Hill By: John BanksCategory: The Front Line An exploration of the site of the Battle of Armstrong Hill, a little-known engagement fought outside Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1863.
Published: 6/2/25 Eyewitness to the Overland Campaign By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Battles Experience the Overland Campaign of 1864 through the eyes of John R. Pillings, a corporal in the 86th New York Infantry.
Published: 5/26/25 The Waste of War By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Firsthand Accounts Explore the physical and emotional toll of the Civil War through the powerful poem "April 30, 1864" by Charles G. Halpine.
Published: 5/19/25 Misquoting Honest Abe By: Christian McWhirterCategory: Commanders A look at how and why the most revered and respected figure in American history—Abraham Lincoln—is regularly misquoted today.
20 Published: 5/12/25 Civil War Veterans, Part 2 By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays Continue your journey into the lives of former Civil War soldiers with the second installment of our "Civil War Vetreans" photo essay series.
Published: 5/5/25 Smoothbore vs. Rifled Muskets By: Phil SpaugyCategory: Commentary A look at the military philosophy of Colonel George Willard, whose advocacy for the use of the smoothbore (not rifled) musket in battle flew in the face of contemporary thinking.
Published: 4/28/25 Extra Voices: Please Write! By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Firsthand Accounts Read comments from Union and Confederate soldiers about their intense desire to receive news from family and friends back home.
Published: 4/21/25 The Burning of Harmon Farm By: Larry KorczykCategory: Civilians The story of Gettysburg teenager Amelia Harmon, who took shelter in the family home as the fighting swirled around it on July 1, 1863.
Published: 4/7/25 Killed at Shiloh By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Battles Read a moving letter to the parents of a Union soldier killed at Shiloh that the "Dead-letter Office" tried to see delivered properly.
Published: 3/31/25 CSS Hunley Reconsidered By: Scott HippensteelCategory: The Front Line What happened to the crew of the Confederate submarine Hunley? A scientist offers his expert opinion.
Published: 3/24/25 A Tragic History By: John BanksCategory: Civilians The author visits a cemetery for massacre victims in a lonely Carolina valley.
Published: 3/10/25 A Lesser-Known Gettysburg Hero By: Larry KorczykCategory: Battles Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain of the 20th Maine Infantry earned the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. So too did his regiment's color sergeant, Andrew Jackson Tozier.
Published: 3/3/25 Cleaning Ironclads By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Firsthand Accounts A look at the process used to clean the ironclad monitor-class warships that made up the Union's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
11 Published: 2/24/25 Odd Civil War Photos, Pt. 2 By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays Uncover the unusual and fascinating side of the American Civil War in this second installment of our "odd" photo essay series.
Published: 2/17/25 Medicine From a Pandora’s Box By: Melissa A. WinnCategory: Artifacts Explore the story of the Civil War medicine box belonging to Confederate surgeon Christopher H. Tebaul.