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Published: 8/18/25
Setting the Record Straight
A look at the trailblazing efforts of Civil War nurse Adaline Blanchard Tyler.
Published: 8/13/25
Texas: An American History (2025)
Benjamin Heber Johnson has mastered his subject in "Texas: An American History."
Published: 8/11/25
Extra Voices: Rebs on Yanks
Read quotes from Confederate soldiers and civilians that reflect their intense feelings about their Yankee opponents.
Published: 8/6/25
The Final Bivouac (2025)
Chris Calkins's "The Final Bivouac" documents the "end" of the war in Virginia.
Published: 8/4/25
A Confederate General in California
The story behind former Confederate general Tyree H. Bell’s unexpected final resting place.
Published: 7/30/25
The Lower Battlefield of Antietam (2025)
Robert M. Dunkerly deserves credit for calling much-needed attention to the decisive final attack at Antietam.
Published: 7/28/25
Battle at the Crater
Explore the Battle at the Crater, a pivotal moment in the Siege of Petersburg, through the first-hand account of a Union staff officer.
Published: 7/23/25
The Age of Reconstruction (2024)
Don Doyle's engagingly written and impressively researched "The Age of Reconstruction" invites scholars to consider what the Civil War era meant to the broader world.
Published: 7/21/25
A Brilliant “Boy Major”
The Gettysburg story of young Confederate artillery officer Joseph White Latimer, known as the "Boy Major."
Published: 7/16/25
The Pathfinder and the President (2025)
In "The Pathfinder and the President," John Bicknell employs a wide cast of characters to offer a fresh narrative on a familiar topic.
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Published: 7/13/25
NYC Draft Riots
Learn about the New York City draft riots that erupted in mid-July 1863 through illustrations published in various newspapers at the time.
Published: 7/9/25
1861: The Lost Peace (2025)
With Lincoln elected in November 1860 and the Deep South bitterly estranged, might a Union-saving compromise still have been possible?
Published: 7/7/25
Tall Tales Tested off the Battlefield
A science-based examination of claims that dead bodies carpeted the ground and bullets flew thick as hail on Civil War battlefields.
Published: 7/2/25
Faith of the Fathers (2025)
Robert J. Miller's "Faith of the Fathers" is a valuable addition to the scholarship on the chaplaincy, Civil War-era religion, and American Catholicism.
Published: 6/30/25
A Texan at Gettysburg
Discover the heartfelt letter of a Texas soldier, John Camden West, to his son after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Published: 6/25/25
Glorious Courage (2025)
"Glorious Courage" provides a fresh interpretation of John Pelham, the young officer Lee and Stuart once described as "irreplaceable."
Published: 6/23/25
“Conceived in Liberty”
Historian Christian McWhirter on how Abraham Lincoln's thinking on the Declaration of Independence fundamentally shaped how he defined freedom.
Published: 6/18/25
Feeding Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia (2025)
The primary contribution of Michael Hardy's book is a deep dip into the existing personal accounts written by men who served in the Army of Northern Virginia.
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