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Published: 6/29/26
Extra Voices: Before the Storm
Firsthand quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about their thoughts and feelings when on the verge of entering battle.
Published: 6/24/26
Our Onward March (2025)
According to Jonathan Neu, Union veterans continued to battle for the cause of Union during the Progressive Era and beyond.
Published: 6/22/26
Captain Strong’s Adventure
Discover the story of Captain William E. Strong's death-defying adventure during the Civil War, as told by Harper's Weekly.
Published: 6/17/26
Point Lookout, Maryland (2026)
Crickenberger relies on Point Lookout's extensive archival record to offer a comprehensive portrait of the Civil War prison.
Published: 6/15/26
Price for Freedom
On a brisk January 19, 1864, First Sergeant Abram J. Price of the 6th Ohio Infantry escaped from the Danville Prisons in southern Virginia. He had been captured at the...
Published: 6/10/26
Defiant (2025)
"Defiant" is a graphic novelization of Robert Smalls’ biography.
Published: 6/9/26
Eyewitness to Brandy Station
A Confederate cavalryman details his participation in the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry battle ever fought in North America.
Published: 6/3/26
The Lynches of South Carolina (2026)
"The Lynches of South Carolina" provides a snapshot of a Catholic family seeking to make its way in the postbellum United States.
Published: 6/1/26
Porter’s Ruse
In 1863, Union acting rear admiral David Dixon Porter devised a masquerade that saved a captured ironclad from Confederate service.
Published: 5/27/26
Green & Blue (2025)
"Green and Blue" represents a significant accomplishment in advancing the study of the common Irish American soldier.
Published: 5/20/26
From Gray to Blue (2026)
Patrick Garrow widens the traditional definition of galvanized Yankees in "From Gray to Blue."
Published: 5/18/26
The Great Emancipator in Spain
A look at the interracial, freedom-fighting military unit of Americans that fought in the Spanish Civil War under the name of the country's Great Emancipator.
Published: 5/13/26
A Little Piece of Hell at Gettysburg (2026)
Scott T. Fink highlights the significance of the Rose Farm, the vortex of Gettysburg's Wheatfield.
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Published: 5/11/26
Johnny Clem
A photographic look at Johnny Clem—who earned the nickname "Dummer Boy of Chickamauga" during the Civil War—through the years.
Published: 5/6/26
Fred Grant at Vicksburg (2025)
Fred Grant's memoir is a "touching portrayal of a father through the eyes of his son."
Published: 5/4/26
Mother’s Medicine
A look at how and why milk punch was a key tool in the therapeutic arsenal of trailblazing nurse Mary Ann “Mother” Bickerdyke.
Published: 4/29/26
Black Religion in the Madhouse (2025)
Judith Weisenfeld's well-researched book focuses on the "social worlds of formerly enslaved Black people and their descendants."
Published: 4/27/26
Grant’s Valuable Lesson
How an early war incident in Missouri helped shape the future general-in-chief of the Union armies