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Published: 9/2/26
Requiem for Reconstruction (2026)
Bland's "Requiem for Reconstruction" offers a fresh perspective on an old history
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Published: 8/31/26
Odd Civil War Photos, Pt. 4
Discover more strange and offbeat images from the Civil War in the fourth installment of our 'Odd Civil War Photos' series.
Published: 8/26/26
The Forts Henry and Donelson Campaign (2026)
The latest entry in Southern Illinois University Press's Civil War Campaigns in the West series assembles seven essays on ten days that doomed the Confederacy.
Published: 8/24/26
The Course They Didn’t Advertise
How the Civil War's Morrill Act embedded military training in the institutional foundations of western higher education
Published: 8/19/26
Fear No Pharaoh (2025)
Richard Kreitner delivers a well-researched and balanced account of American Jewry during the Civil War.
Published: 8/17/26
The Murder of Captain McKay
Learn about the mystery surrounding the murder of Captain Thomas M. McKay of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War.
Published: 8/12/26
An Officer of Six Navies (2026)
An excellent book highlighting the life of one of the Confederate Navy's most important junior officers.
Published: 8/10/26
Arrest and Court-Martial of Thomas A. Rowley
A look at the reasons why a Union brigadier general was prosecuted for his conduct at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Published: 8/5/26
Ulysses’s Odyssey (2026)
Picone provides a truly fresh vantage point on Grant’s contributions to the nation and the world.
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Published: 8/3/26
Sharpshooters
Photos and illustrations shed light on the roles played by Union and Confederate sharpshooters in the Civil War.
Published: 7/29/26
A Desperate Fight (2026)
"A Desperate Fight" shows how the war in Louisiana was sustained by everyday relationships between soldiers, families, and communities.
Published: 7/27/26
From Cambridge to Cemetery Ridge
Tracing Civil War armies' reliance on professional leadership back to the moment George Washington took command of the Continental Army in July 1775.
Published: 7/22/26
The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 (2024)
William Marvel advances a bold argument about a series of oft-overlooked rebel victories in "The Confederate Resurgence of 1864"
Published: 7/20/26
A Vocabulary of Treason
A look at the ways in which the northern press invoked Benedict Arnold to portray the actions of their southern opponents during the Civil War.
Published: 7/15/26
Decisions on Western Waters (2026)
The latest entry in the Command Decisions in America's Civil War series turns to the western waters.
Published: 7/13/26
A Slaveholders’ Revolution
How Secessionists disowned the Revolution’s universal declarations but claimed its authority in the run-up to the Civil War
Published: 7/8/26
Torn Asunder (2025)
Pani's command of Mexican history provides essential context for the U.S. Civil War.
Published: 7/6/26
Abraham Lincoln, Reluctant Revolutionary
How Abraham Lincoln squared the revolutionary change wrought by the Civil War with his professed loyalty to the Founding Fathers’ vision for the nation.