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Published: 1/11/20
Badge Quest
On a Saturday morning this past April, a tiny compact car pulled into the parking lot at the Gettysburg National Military Park’s visitors center. Out of the car popped four...
Published: 1/8/20
“Our Little Monitor” (2018)
Why another Monitor book? In Our Little Monitor, authors Anna Holloway and Jonathan W. White demonstrate that a fascinating subject is never exhausted. Cutting-edge maritime archaeology and thorough historical research combine to produce an engaging...
Published: 1/1/20
Abraham Lincoln’s Statesmanship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy (2019)
As we come to the end of the decade following the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, there is no discernable slowdown in the publication of books on the sixteenth president....
Published: 12/30/19
The Best Civil War Books of 2019
The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2019 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we enlisted the help of a handful...
Published: 12/25/19
Bicycling Gettysburg (2019)
The battle fought on July 1, 2, and 3, 1863, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, “has brought the name of Gettysburg from rural obscurity, to world-wide celebrity,” wrote historian and landscape...
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Published: 12/20/19
The March to the Sea
Following his successful campaign to capture Atlanta in September 1864, William T. Sherman set his sights on Savannah. On November 15, Sherman’s force of approximately 62,000 men cut free from...
Published: 12/20/19
Extra Dossier: William T. Sherman
Library of Congress William T. Sherman For the Dossier section of the Fall 2017 issue of The Civil War Monitor, we asked a panel of Civil War historians a series...
Published: 12/19/19
The Drummer Boy of Our Regiment
The December 19, 1863, edition of Harper’s Weekly contained the following full-page illustration that highlighted a variety of scenes associated with the service of a Union drummer boy, some of...
Published: 12/18/19
Too Useful to Sacrifice (2019)
George B. McClellan has now received his day in court. In five chapters detailing Little Mac’s conduct during the 1862 Maryland Campaign, Steven Stotelmyer takes up the defense attorney’s pen...
Published: 12/14/19
Eyewitness to the Battle of Fredericksburg
War Letters of William Thompson Lusk Union officer William Thompson Lusk The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought on December 13, 1862, resulted in a disastrous Union defeat that saw over 12,000...
Published: 12/11/19
William Gregg’s Civil War (2019)
Joseph M. Beilein Jr. promises “a hellish and invigorating ride” through Missouri’s guerrilla war, and in that respect William Gregg’s memoir does not disappoint. Gregg’s prose is brisk and lively...
Published: 12/4/19
The Million-Dollar Man Who Helped Kill a President (2018)
The names and facts surrounding the April 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are well-known. Actor John Wilkes Booth, a Maryland native and fierce Confederate sympathizer, led a group originally...
Published: 12/3/19
Extra Voices: Gambling
Library of Congress In the Voices section of the Winter 2019 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted first-person quotes by Union and Confederate troops about the pervasiveness of...
Published: 11/27/19
Darkness at Chancellorsville (2019)
Delve into Ralph Peter's "Darkness at Chancellorsville," a gripping Civil War novel that combines historical accuracy with a captivating storyline.
Published: 11/22/19
The Dogs of Andersonville
Between April 15, 1864, and April 6, 1865, 351 Union prisoners escaped from the prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia. Of these, 163 were able to reach safety. The other 188...
Published: 11/20/19
Hymns of the Republic (2019)
Explore the dramatic events of the American Civil War's final year in "Hymns of the Republic." Join Ulysses S. Grant's campaign against Robert E. Lee and witness the decisive moments of the conflict.
Published: 11/16/19
Word-clouding the Gettysburg Address
At the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a “few appropriate remarks” to the assembled crowd. Though it lasted only a few minutes,...
Published: 11/15/19
The March to the Sea Begins
Library of Congress William T. Sherman On Nobember 15, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman and his army of some 60,000 men departed the city of Atlanta, which they had...