Published: 1/11/12DEMPSEY: Michigan and the Civil War (2011)By: Brian Allen DrakeCategory: Book Reviews Michigan and the Civil War: A Great and Bloody Sacrifice by Jack Dempsey. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. Paper, ISBN: 1609491734. $21.99. The North may have won the Civil War,...
Published: 1/10/122011: A Year in ReviewBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Much to the delight of The Civil War Monitor editorial staff, another year and another sesquicentennial celebration have begun. As we look forward to all that 2012 has in store...
Published: 1/6/12The Skating SeasonBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Good Morning! Our celebration of New Year’s Day 1862 comes to a close with the following image “The Skating Season – 1862.” Source: Harper’s Weekly, January 18, 1862.
Published: 1/5/12Voice from the Past: “The Cheer of the Glad New Year”By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Good Morning! Today’s Voice from the Past comes from George Michael Neese. New Year’s Day, and orders to go to Dam No. 5, with Ashby’s cavalry. This was a bright...
Published: 1/5/12A Soldier’s Forty WinksBy: Jim SchmidtCategory: The Front Line As a chemist by training and profession (for 25-plus years), I consult journals and other literature on almost a daily basis. As a scientist in the pharmaceutical industry, one of...
Published: 1/4/12GAUGHAN: The Last Battle of the Civil War (2011)By: Kevin M. LevinCategory: Book Reviews The Last Battle of the Civil War: United States Versus Lee, 1861-1883 by Anthony J. Gaughan. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2011. Cloth, ISBN: 080713774X. $42.50. Americans were recently shocked...
Published: 1/3/12Voice from the Past: “A Dull Day”By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Good Morning! Today’s Voice from the Past comes from Alexander G. Downing. His 1862 New Years’ celebration was a far cry from the revelry enjoyed by most modern day celebrants....
Published: 1/3/12The Angry Politics of Confederate HeritageBy: Andy HallCategory: The Front Line Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was recently at a campaign stop in South Carolina, where he fielded questions from the audience. One local resident took the microphone and asked him, “as...
Published: 1/2/12Voice from the Past: “A Great Day of Sport to Usher in the New Year”By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Happy New Year! As we begin a new calendar year and a new year of sesquincentennial celebrations, we thought it fitting to look back upon New Years 1862. All this...
Published: 12/29/11The Great FairBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Happy Holidays! As we prepare to ring in the new year, it seems fitting to recall a festive occassion from 1861. Source: Winslow Homer, “The Great Fair” in the December...