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Published: 4/15/26
Gettysburg Postcards (2026)
A handsome and handy reference volume that will repay anyone interested in the Gettysburg battlefield's history.
Published: 4/13/26
The Women of Fort Sumter
How the families of the Union garrison at Fort Sumter experienced the struggle for Charleston Harbor in the months preceding the Civil War.
Published: 4/8/26
The Reconstruction Diary of Frances Anne Rollin (2025)
Putzi's volume is an excellent resource for scholars of both Reconstruction and nineteenth-century print culture.
Published: 4/6/26
Lincoln’s Drive for Self-Improvement
A look at how Abraham Lincoln's educational journey—fueled by a thirst for knowledge—never ceased.
Published: 4/1/26
Sisterhood of the Lost Cause (2025)
A well-researched new book interrogates the public and private lives of Confederate widows.
Published: 3/30/26
Extra Voices: Faith in the Fight
Union and Confederate soldiers quotes about the importance of religious faith in helping them navigate the challenges of war.
Published: 3/25/26
The 14th New York State Militia in the Civil War (2025)
McLean, Jr.’s study of the Fourteenth New York State Militia offers an exemplar of how regimental histories can benefit those whose interests extend beyond a particular unit.
Published: 3/23/26
Beyond Shallow Glory
Was “Rosser’s Raid” in West Virginia in January 1865 really an example of the Confederacy’s bravery and brilliance?
Published: 3/18/26
A Nation Unraveled (2026)
"A Nation Unraveled" makes its most compelling interventions by supplying testimony about how the war intruded on even the most mundane aspects of everyday life.
Published: 3/11/26
Little Round Top at Gettysburg (2026)
Few sites on the Civil War landscape carry as much weight as Little Round Top, that storied, rock-strewn knob on the southern end of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Published: 3/9/26
Voices at Triune
Exploring the remnants of a once-vital chain of Union defenses at Triune, Tennessee.
Published: 3/4/26
Boss Lincoln (2026)
The Lincoln who emerges from Pinsker’s book is for the most part the morally driven Lincoln we thought we knew, but with added dimension.
Published: 3/2/26
Ironclad Men
Bulletproof vests during the Civil War were less popular and effective than their manufacturers—and supporters in the press—had envisioned.
Published: 2/25/26
A Fate Worse Than Hell (2026)
"A Fate Worse Than Hell" is a landmark book that will engross the reading public.
Published: 2/23/26
Introducing Fugitive Federals
Historians Lorien Foote and Andrew Fialka on the launch of a new Civil War Monitor digital history column about escaped Union POWs.
Published: 2/18/26
Love and Loss After Wounded Knee (2025)
Dobrow gives the reader a chance to live with two extraordinary individuals trying and failing to navigate the perilous waters of personal, sexual, and racial politics in the 19th century
Published: 2/16/26
The Soldier’s Ailment
Union surgeon J. Theodore Calhoun's thoughts on the prevalence, causes, and ideal treatment of nostalgia—or homesickness—in the Union army.
Published: 2/11/26
Becoming Lunsford Lane (2025)
Craig Thompson Friend's book provides invaluable insights into slavery, abolition, and race in the nineteenth century United States.