Published: 9/24/21Mr. Gridley and His Sack of FlourBy: Harper's WeeklyCategory: The Front Line In the January 21, 1865, issue of Harper’s Weekly, the editors published a small story about a man from Nevada who had lost an election for city office—but gained national...
Published: 9/22/21HOLDEN: Surviving Southampton (2021)By: Benjamin E. ParkCategory: Book Reviews Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden. University of Illinois Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0252085857. $22.95. The name that is associated with any given...
Published: 9/20/21Unceasing Fury at ChickamaugaBy: W.W. HeartsillCategory: The Front Line Fourteen hundred and 91 days in the Confederate Army (1953) W.W. Heartsill as he appeared after the Civil War The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, pitted William...
Published: 9/15/21STEINER: Lincoln and Citizenship (2021)By: Paul QuigleyCategory: Book Reviews Lincoln and Citizenship by Mark E. Steiner. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809338122. $24.95. Two days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Abraham Lincoln delivered the last speech of his...
Published: 9/13/21Extra Voices: NicknamesBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress Roosters prepare for battle in a Union army camp. In the Voices section of the Fall 2021 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted quotes by...
Published: 9/8/21REEVES: A Fire in the Wilderness (2021)By: Jeffry D. WertCategory: Book Reviews A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee by John Reeves. Pegasus Books, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1643137001. $28.95. The two-day battle fought in...
Published: 9/1/21BYRD: A Holy Baptism of Fire & Blood (2021)By: Caleb W. SouthernCategory: Book Reviews A Holy Baptism of Fire & Blood: The Bible & the American Civil War by James P. Byrd. Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-19-090279-7. $34.95. Historians of the U.S. Civil War have...
Published: 8/27/21Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 2By: Gary W. GallagherCategory: The Front Line IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS (1885) Confederate gunners fire at the enemy in a postwar illustration titled “The Artillery Duel.” Artillerists created an invaluable...
Published: 8/25/21HUGHES: Unlike Anything That Ever Floated (2021)By: J. Ross DancyCategory: Book Reviews Unlike Anything that Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8–9, 1862 by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes. Savas Beatie, LLC, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-61121-525-0. $14.95. From...
Published: 8/18/21GOSSE: The First Reconstruction (2021)By: Lucien HolnessCategory: Book Reviews The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War by Van Gosse. University of North Carolina Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-4696-6010-3. $39.95. The First Reconstruction provides a new account...