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Published: 2/6/19
An Aide to Custer (2018)
A detailed review of "An Aide to Custer: The Civil War Letters of Lt. Edward G. Granger" edited by Sandy Barnard and compiled by Thomas E. Singelyn.
Published: 1/30/19
Wilson’s Raid (2018)
A detailed review of "Wilson's Raid: The Final Blow to the Confederacy" by Russell W. Blount Jr.
Published: 1/23/19
September Mourn (2018)
A detailed review of "September Mourn: The Dunker Church of Antietam Battlefield" by Alann Schmidt and Terry Barkley.
Published: 1/16/19
Sixteenth President-in-Waiting (2018)
A detailed review of "Sixteenth President-in-Waiting: Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield Dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860-1861," ed. by Michael Burlingame.
Published: 1/9/19
The Maps of Fredericksburg (2018)
A detailed review of "The Maps of Fredericksburg: An Atlas of the Fredericksburg Campaign" by Bradley M. Gottfried.
Published: 1/2/19
Practical Liberators (2018)
A detailed review of "Practical Liberators: Union Officers In the Western Theater During the Civil War" by Kristopher A. Teters.
Published: 12/31/18
New Year’s Eve in Camp
Read the poignant reflections of Union officer William Thompson Lusk in a letter to his sister written on New Year's Eve 1862.
Published: 12/26/18
The National Tribune Civil War Index (2018)
A detailed review of "The National Tribune Civil War Index: A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943" by Richard Sauers.
Published: 12/19/18
Prison Pens (2018)
A detailed review of "Prison Pens: Gender, Memory, and Imprisonment in the Writings of Mollie Scollay and Wash Nelson, 1863-1866," ed. by Timothy J. Williams and Evan A. Kutzler.
Published: 12/17/18
Emancipation on Stage
Aaron Flacke Ron Orbach (left) plays Major General Benjamin Butler and Cornelius Davidson portrays Shepard Mallory, an enslaved man who has taken refuge in Union-held Fortress Monroe, in “Ben Butler,”...
Published: 12/12/18
“This Infernal War” (2018)
A detailed review of "'This Infernal War': The Civil War Letters of William and Jane Standard," ed. by Timothy Mason Roberts.
Published: 12/9/18
The Best Civil War Books of 2018
The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2018 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we enlisted the help of a handful...
Published: 12/5/18
Vicksburg (2018)
A detailed review of "Vicksburg: The Bloody Siege that Turned the Tide of the Civil War" by Samuel W. Mitcham.
Published: 12/3/18
Interview: Emerging Scholars at American Civil War Museum
Learn about The American Civil War Museum's Emerging Scholars program, a way for new voices to shape our understanding of the Civil War era.
Published: 11/28/18
Challenges of Command in the Civil War (2018)
A detailed review of "Challenges of Command in the Civil War: Generalship, Leadership, and Strategy at Gettysburg, Petersburg, and Beyond" by Richard J. Sommers.
Published: 11/21/18
Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations (2018)
A detailed review of "Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations," edited by Whitney Nell Stewart and John Garrison Marks.
Published: 11/14/18
Civil War Barons (2018)
A detailed review of "Civil War Barons: The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation" by Jeffry D. Wert.
Published: 11/12/18
“A Lady of Excellent Worth”
Learn about Amanda Gardner's bravery in helping Union soldiers during their captivity at Castle Morgan prison in Cahaba, Alabama.