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Published: 11/10/25
Civil War Veterans, Part 3
Continue your journey into the lives of Civil War veterans with the third installment of our "Civil War Vetreans" photo essay series.
Published: 11/5/25
Lee Besieged (2025)
John Horn's "Lee Besieged" is a focused account of Grant's Second Offensive at Petersburg.
Published: 11/3/25
The Future of Public History
Rich Condon ponders the future of public history in today's environment of division and anti-intellectualism.
Published: 10/29/25
As Wolves Upon a Sheep Fold (2023)
"As Wolves Upon a Sheep Fold" delivers the story of a practical, ordinary citizen swept up in national drama.
Published: 10/27/25
An Unnamed Hero Revealed
Learn about the historic clash between USS Sassacus and CSS Albemarle, featuring the heroism of Union sailor James M. Hobby.
Published: 10/22/25
From Ironclads to Admiral (2025)
John Quarstein and Robert Worden finally give Admiral John Lorimer Worden the biography he deserves.
Published: 10/20/25
Sir Richard Francis Burton’s American Adventure
A look at British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton's 1860 tour of the U.S.—including the West—as the country hurtled toward civil war.
Published: 10/15/25
Hero of Fort Sumter (2025)
Readers will enjoy learning more about Robert Anderson, a man best known for his time at Fort Sumter during the Secession Winter, in Wesley Moody's new biography.
Published: 10/13/25
Extra Voices: Fraternizing with the Enemy
Read quotes from Union and Confederate soldiers about the times they interacted with their opponents when not in active combat.
Published: 10/8/25
Litchfield County and the Civil War (2024)
Peter C. Vermilyea offers an in-depth analysis of how the mobilization of a Civil War regiment elicited both patriotism and dissent in a New England community.
Published: 10/6/25
Under the “Damn the Torpedoes” Surface
A look at the origins of the monument to Admiral David G. Farragut in New York City's Madison Square Park.
Published: 10/1/25
If I Can Get Home This Fall (2025)
Tyler Alexander has assembled a highly readable and moving account of love and war.
Published: 9/29/25
Soldiers Love Coffee
Army of the Potomac surgeon J. Theodore Calhoun on how much Union soldiers loved—and came to depend upon—coffee.
Published: 9/24/25
Black Antietam (2022)
"Black Antietam" is a short but welcome work that restores to view the integral role played by African Americans in the community of Sharpsburg.
Published: 9/22/25
A Civil War Tank
Learn about Indiana inventor Albert E. Redstone's proposed "Land Monitor," a Civil War tank that never was.
Published: 9/17/25
Unconditional Surrender (2025)
"Unconditional Surrender" invites readers to understand Grant as a complex individual who confronted head-on the challenges of his times.
Published: 9/15/25
A Fistful of Lincoln
A look at how and why we value and interpret physical objects and documents associated with President Abraham Lincoln.
Published: 9/10/25
Fractured Freedoms (2025)
"Fractured Freedoms" offers a deeply researched and well written microhistory of the U.S. Civil War era in central Louisiana.