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Published: 3/25/26
The 14th New York State Militia in the Civil War (2025)
McLean, Jr.’s study of the Fourteenth New York State Militia offers an exemplar of how regimental histories can benefit those whose interests extend beyond a particular unit.
Published: 3/23/26
Beyond Shallow Glory
Was “Rosser’s Raid” in West Virginia in January 1865 really an example of the Confederacy’s bravery and brilliance?
Published: 3/18/26
A Nation Unraveled (2026)
"A Nation Unraveled" makes its most compelling interventions by supplying testimony about how the war intruded on even the most mundane aspects of everyday life.
Published: 3/11/26
Little Round Top at Gettysburg (2026)
Few sites on the Civil War landscape carry as much weight as Little Round Top, that storied, rock-strewn knob on the southern end of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Published: 3/9/26
Voices at Triune
Exploring the remnants of a once-vital chain of Union defenses at Triune, Tennessee.
Published: 3/4/26
Boss Lincoln (2026)
The Lincoln who emerges from Pinsker’s book is for the most part the morally driven Lincoln we thought we knew, but with added dimension.
Published: 3/2/26
Ironclad Men
Bulletproof vests during the Civil War were less popular and effective than their manufacturers—and supporters in the press—had envisioned.
Published: 2/25/26
A Fate Worse Than Hell (2026)
"A Fate Worse Than Hell" is a landmark book that will engross the reading public.
Published: 2/23/26
Introducing Fugitive Federals
Historians Lorien Foote and Andrew Fialka on the launch of a new Civil War Monitor digital history column about escaped Union POWs.
Published: 2/18/26
Love and Loss After Wounded Knee (2025)
Dobrow gives the reader a chance to live with two extraordinary individuals trying and failing to navigate the perilous waters of personal, sexual, and racial politics in the 19th century
Published: 2/16/26
The Soldier’s Ailment
Union surgeon J. Theodore Calhoun's thoughts on the prevalence, causes, and ideal treatment of nostalgia—or homesickness—in the Union army.
Published: 2/11/26
Becoming Lunsford Lane (2025)
Craig Thompson Friend's book provides invaluable insights into slavery, abolition, and race in the nineteenth century United States.
Published: 2/9/26
The Case of the Two Graves
Unraveling the mystery surrounding the death and final resting place of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
Published: 2/4/26
John Brown in New York (2025)
An excellent and engaging book that students of John Brown will want on their bookshelf.
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Published: 2/2/26
Civil War Inventions
A look at a variety of proposed wartime inventions—some more practical than others—highlighted in the pages of The Scientific American.
Published: 1/28/26
Union Soldiers of Southwestern Illinois (2024)
John J. Dunphy's "Union Soldiers of Southwestern Illinois" introduces some lesser-known figures from a region long regarded as pro-Confederate.
Published: 1/26/26
A Crab Warship
An 1864 letter to "The Scientific American" outlines a fantastical idea for a new kind of Civil War warship.
Published: 1/21/26
The Girl in the Middle (2025)
Martha A. Sandweiss uses a single photograph to explore a sprawling century of U.S. history.