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Published: 10/2/20
Agenda: October 2020 Events
Looking for a Civil War event—virtual or in person—to attend in September? Below are some very good options to keep you busy. Book Talk with Neil P. Chatelain: Defending the...Published: 9/30/20
Lincoln and the American Founding (2020)
Abraham Lincoln still resonates with people throughout the world who call upon him for words of wisdom during times of conflict. His poetic prose dedicated to the principle of democracy...Published: 9/28/20
Quote for the Day: Autumn is Coming
“We were forced to breathe dust freely, but through the clouds which rose wherever the regiment moved we caught refreshing views of stately homesteads, blushing orchards, and autumn-tinted landscapes. We...Published: 9/23/20
Tempest Over Texas (2020)
For the past quarter century, Donald S. Frazier, currently the Director of the Texas Center at Schreiner University, has been writing innovative studies about the U.S. Civil War. Frazier’s first...Published: 9/21/20
The Five Best Books on the African-American Civil War Experience
Library of Congress This image of an unidentified African-American soldier, his wife, and their two daughters was made between 1863 and 1865. In the midst of current events, people are...Published: 9/18/20
Interview: Historical Tours in the Time of COVID-19
Wikipedia Soldiers’ National Monument in Gettysburg National Military Park We recently asked Richard Blackmon, director of Historic America Tours, a few questions about the challenges of conducting historical tours in...Published: 9/16/20
Old Abe (2020)
Abraham Lincoln’s life and struggles have been told and re-told in a variety of formats and perspectives. This new release—Old Abe: A Novel by John Cribb—is remarkable for its straightforward depictions...Published: 9/9/20
Colossal Ambitions (2020)
In recent years, Paul Quigley, Michael T. Bernath, Ann Tucker, Andre Fleche, and Don Doyle have greatly expanded our understanding of the Confederate nation, situating the slaveholding republic within a...Published: 9/7/20
Agenda: September 2020 Events
acwm.org White House of the Confederacy Looking for a Civil War event—virtual or in person—to attend in September? Below are some very good options to keep you busy. White House...Published: 9/4/20
A Man of Sorrows
Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln in 1860 Abraham lincoln had a great reputation for humor. He cracked jokes constantly—often painfully bad ones, as when he said after examining a model...Published: 9/2/20
The Women’s Fight (2020)
“The spaces in which women live during times of war are no more inviolate than the spaces in which men fight, and the two are never completely cordoned off from...Published: 8/26/20
Seceding from Secession (2020)
Thirty years after the Civil War, Theodore Lang, a veteran of the 6th West Virginia Cavalry, observed that “a great neglect exists at this time, and has existed for many...Published: 8/25/20
Extra Voices: Thirst
Library of Congress In the Voices section of the Fall 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about the extreme thirst they...Published: 8/19/20
Hellmira (2020)
With Hellmira, Derek Maxfield supplies an easy-to-read introductory volume on Civil War military prisons, placing emphasis on the “Andersonville of the North.” Arguing that one cannot understand the “Hellmira” myth...Published: 8/12/20
Christopher H. Tebault, Surgeon to the Confederacy (2020)
Collectors of historical artifacts often like to share what they have learned about the previous owners of their treasures. That motive drove Alan I. West, who purchased a medicine chest...8