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Published: 10/25/21
The Best Civil War Novels
Library of Congress No event in American history has inspired more imaginative writing than the Civil War. Authors have made the struggle the subject of thousands of rhymes, songs, poems,...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/719YULqxpKL-600x600.jpg)
Published: 10/20/21
GERHARDT: Lincoln’s Mentors (2021)
Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader by Michael J. Gerhardt. Custom House, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0062877192. $32.50. Americans, it seems, never tire of reading about Abraham Lincoln. Michael J. Gerhardt...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/shoddy-600x600.jpg)
Published: 10/18/21
Suits of Shoddy
Founded in 1818, Brooks Brothers of New York is the oldest clothing retailer in America. Even today, the name alone conjures images of fine silk neckties and Italian wool sportscoats—quality,...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4_3-600x600.jpg)
Published: 10/15/21
The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia
Published in 1890, The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia—a slim volume devoted to telling the story of the battles fought in the war’s western theater along the Western & Atlantic Railroad—boasted a...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51TGsg63-TL.jpg)
Published: 10/13/21
ASHTON: William Barksdale, CSA (2021)
William Barksdale, CSA: A Biography of the United States Congressman and Confederate Brigadier General by John Douglas Ashton. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476683844. $39.95. William Barksdale’s life is...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/81zjU7NkqL-600x600.jpg)
Published: 10/6/21
MARTEN & JANNEY (eds.): Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America (2021)
Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney. University of Georgia Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-0-8203-5965-6. $36.95. In the two decades...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/712nvYtqJQL-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/29/21
OVIES: The Boy Generals (2021)
The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac by Adolfo Ovies. Savas Beatie, 2021. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1611215359. $34.95. The June 24, 1865, issue...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/guerrillas-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/27/21
The Five Best Books on Civil War Guerrillas
Library of Congress Two guerrillas stop a civilian rider to rob him in this sketch from a December 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly. “This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer....![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ridley-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/24/21
Mr. Gridley and His Sack of Flour
In the January 21, 1865, issue of Harper’s Weekly, the editors published a small story about a man from Nevada who had lost an election for city office—but gained national...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/719Frxt0mnS_1-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/22/21
HOLDEN: Surviving Southampton (2021)
Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden. University of Illinois Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0252085857. $22.95. The name that is associated with any given...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/heartsill-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/20/21
Unceasing Fury at Chickamauga
Fourteen hundred and 91 days in the Confederate Army (1953) W.W. Heartsill as he appeared after the Civil War The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, pitted William...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/71VHs5TBPYL-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/15/21
STEINER: Lincoln and Citizenship (2021)
Lincoln and Citizenship by Mark E. Steiner. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809338122. $24.95. Two days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Abraham Lincoln delivered the last speech of his...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cockfighting-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/13/21
Extra Voices: Nicknames
Library of Congress Roosters prepare for battle in a Union army camp. In the Voices section of the Fall 2021 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted quotes by...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/81JnvpoFDjL-600x600.jpg)
Published: 9/8/21
REEVES: A Fire in the Wilderness (2021)
A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee by John Reeves. Pegasus Books, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1643137001. $28.95. The two-day battle fought in...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/B08RRZXYYR.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg)
Published: 9/1/21
BYRD: A Holy Baptism of Fire & Blood (2021)
A Holy Baptism of Fire & Blood: The Bible & the American Civil War by James P. Byrd. Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-19-090279-7. $34.95. Historians of the U.S. Civil War have...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/artillery-600x600.jpg)
Published: 8/27/21
Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 2
IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS (1885) Confederate gunners fire at the enemy in a postwar illustration titled “The Artillery Duel.” Artillerists created an invaluable...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/81R4G-5whpL-600x600.jpg)
Published: 8/25/21
HUGHES: Unlike Anything That Ever Floated (2021)
Unlike Anything that Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8–9, 1862 by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes. Savas Beatie, LLC, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-61121-525-0. $14.95. From...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/91rLLiqV9L-600x600.jpg)
Published: 8/18/21
GOSSE: The First Reconstruction (2021)
The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War by Van Gosse. University of North Carolina Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-4696-6010-3. $39.95. The First Reconstruction provides a new account...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/71yW4w10RfS-600x600.jpg)