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Published: 6/15/22
Spectacle of Grief (2022)
A study of public funerals during the Civil War era.
Published: 6/14/22
Grand Opening of American Civil War Museum’s Robins Theater
Celebrate the American Civil War Museum's Robin Theater grand opening. Find out what to expect from the new facility and film.
Published: 6/13/22
Ticks in Camp
Discover the challenges of dealing with ticks in camp as documented by a young officer in the 57th New York Infantry during the Civil War.
Published: 6/8/22
Gettysburg’s Lost Love Story (2022)
The story of an ill-fated Civil War-era romance.
Published: 6/3/22
Eyewitness to Cold Harbor
Read Colonel Theodore Lyman's eyewitness letter about brutal Battle of Cold Harbor, fought in June 1864.
Published: 6/1/22
Love & Duty (2022)
An exploration of widowhood in the Civil War-era South.
Published: 5/25/22
Salmon P. Chase (2022)
A deep dive into the life of Lincoln's treasury secretary.
Published: 5/23/22
Quick Picks: Civil War Photography Books
Library of Congress A Civil War photographer and his tent. Looking for good books on Civil War photography? We asked Ronald S. Coddington, author and publisher of Military Images magazine,...
Published: 5/18/22
Back From Battle (2021)
“Camp Discharge never got its monument,” writes Jim Remsen. “If it weren’t for the military records, memoirs, and news clippings, one could think the place never existed.” Fortunately for the...
Published: 5/11/22
Hell’s Half-Acre (2022)
A detailed review of Susan Jonusas' "Hell's Half-Acre," a book about the serial-killing Bender Family of Western folklore.
Published: 5/4/22
Harriet Tubman (2022)
A new biography of the iconic American freedom fighter.
Published: 4/28/22
The Books That Built Me: Brian Matthew Jordan
SHAWNA SHERRELL Brian Matthew Jordan I suppose you could say that I started researching my recently published book, Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, when I was...
Published: 4/20/22
First Fallen (2021)
A detailed review of Meg Groeling's "First Fallen," a biography of 11th New York Infantry colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth.
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Published: 4/14/22
Assassination Artifacts
Explore artifacts related to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Discover the objects that tell the story of this tragic event in American history.
Published: 4/13/22
Our Comfort in Dying (2021)
A look at the wartime sermons of a Confederate chaplain.
Published: 4/6/22
A House Built By Slaves (2022)
A detailed review of Jonathan W. White's "A House Built By Slaves," look at Abraham Lincoln’s treatment of African Americans.
Published: 4/5/22
To Address You as My Friend (2021)
A detailed review of "To Address You as My Friend," a collection of Civil War writings from African Americans to Abraham Lincoln.
Published: 4/4/22
Braxton Bragg at McLemore’s Cove
Library of Congress General Braxton Bragg The art of command remains an elusive and complex concept for historians of the Civil War, and debates about command decisions and methods hold...