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Published: 1/4/22
Seeing the Elephant
Union soldier Francis M. Ingram “did not enjoy the 6 of April as well as I hav enjoyed some Sundays.”[2] On the banks of the Tennessee River, the “Rebel tide...
Published: 12/29/21
Stephen A. Swails (2021)
A short but satisfying biography of a trailblazing soldier in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
Published: 12/28/21
Benjamin F. Butler and Military Emancipation
National Archives Major General Benjamin F. Butler What if? This is the eternal question that so often confounds students of Civil War military history, and leads to groundless flights of...
Published: 12/22/21
Robert E. Lee (2021)
A review of Allen C. Guelzo's welcome new biography of Robert E. Lee.
Published: 12/17/21
Extra Voices: War’s Grisly Toll
First-person quotes from Union and Confederate soldiers on the grisly impact of Civil War Combat.
Published: 12/15/21
Searching for Irvin McDowell (2021)
An "interesting" biography of a controversial Union general.
Published: 12/8/21
Worthy of a Higher Rank (2021)
There's "much to admire" about this edited Union colonel's wartime journal
Published: 12/6/21
The Best Civil War Books of 2021
The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2021 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we’ve enlisted a handful of Civil War...
Published: 12/1/21
Rebel Correspondent (2021)
Glimpses into a Confederate cavalryman’s experiences in the Civil War's western theater
Published: 11/30/21
Prison Tales
Library of Congress Andersonville Prison in 1864 Looking to learn more about Civil War prisons and prisoners of war? We asked historian Brian Matthew Jordan to suggest a handful of...
Published: 11/24/21
The Summer of ’63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma (2021)
Lots of insightful content on key western campaigns.
Published: 11/17/21
Passing Through the Fire (2021)
A concise biography of famed Union officer Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
Published: 11/10/21
The Summer of ’63: Gettysburg (2021)
A diverse series of contributions about the epic July 1863 battle.
Published: 11/4/21
Gettysburg Photo Mystery Solved?
A look at how 3D technology may have helped solved a longtime mystery surrounding an old Gettysburg photograph.
Published: 11/3/21
Cornerstone of the Confederacy (2021)
A welcome addition to the literature on the Civil War and its memory.
Published: 10/27/21
Matchless Organization (2021)
A comprehensive history of the Confederacy's military medical organization.
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,...
Published: 10/20/21
Lincoln’s Mentors (2021)
An impressive study of the men who shaped Abraham Lincoln as a leader.