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Published: 10/5/26
The Keeper of Lost Avenue
The author spends a day with Gettysburg resident, expert, and icon Dean Schultz, the "keeper of Lost Avenue."
Published: 9/30/26
A Terrible Intimacy (2026)
Melvin Patrick Ely's new book is a sharp reminder of the squalid 'cornerstone' for which the southern states risked disunion.
Published: 9/28/26
Close to Conflict
A new exhibit at the Canadian War Museum explores the ways in which the American Civil War affected Canada.
Published: 9/23/26
A Mother’s Work (2026)
Megan VanGorder makes an important addition to scholarly conversations on women’s history and the history of medicine and nursing.
Published: 9/21/26
Wounded by Wind
Union surgeon James T. Calhoun weighs in on the notion that close-passing projectiles had the ability to injure Civil War soldiers.
Published: 9/16/26
More Important Than Good Generals (2025)
A useful if uneven study of the Army of the Tennessee's junior officers.
Published: 9/14/26
A Death at Antietam
A Connecticut infantryman reflects on the death of his soldier-brother at the Battle of Antietam in a moving letter home.
Published: 9/9/26
Through the Civil War with the 14th Ohio Infantry (2026)
Vivid descriptions of camp life and battles make Horatio Quiggle's memoir a valuable addition to the literature.
Published: 9/7/26
The “Spirit” of Hilo
An examination of the American Civil War's effects on faraway Hawaii through its impact on the native sugar industry.
Published: 9/2/26
Requiem for Reconstruction (2026)
Bland's "Requiem for Reconstruction" offers a fresh perspective on an old history
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Published: 8/31/26
Odd Civil War Photos, Pt. 4
Discover more strange and offbeat images from the Civil War in the fourth installment of our 'Odd Civil War Photos' series.
Published: 8/26/26
The Forts Henry and Donelson Campaign (2026)
The latest entry in Southern Illinois University Press's Civil War Campaigns in the West series assembles seven essays on ten days that doomed the Confederacy.
Published: 8/24/26
The Course They Didn’t Advertise
How the Civil War's Morrill Act embedded military training in the institutional foundations of western higher education
Published: 8/19/26
Fear No Pharaoh (2025)
Richard Kreitner delivers a well-researched and balanced account of American Jewry during the Civil War.
Published: 8/17/26
The Murder of Captain McKay
Learn about the mystery surrounding the murder of Captain Thomas M. McKay of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War.
Published: 8/12/26
An Officer of Six Navies (2026)
An excellent book highlighting the life of one of the Confederate Navy's most important junior officers.
Published: 8/10/26
Arrest and Court-Martial of Thomas A. Rowley
A look at the reasons why a Union brigadier general was prosecuted for his conduct at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Published: 8/5/26
Ulysses’s Odyssey (2026)
Picone provides a truly fresh vantage point on Grant’s contributions to the nation and the world.
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