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Published: 9/16/11

A few words on The Bookshelf

By: Matthew C. Hulbert

Category: Book Reviews

Greetings and welcome to the official digital headquarters of book reviews for The Civil War Monitor. In much the same way that printed editions of the Monitor will attempt to bridge the...

Published: 9/16/11

The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War (2010)

By: Kevin Krause

Category: Book Reviews

Since the turn toward social and cultural history in the 1960s and 1970s, many academic institutions have relegated military history to the virtual back burner of “serious” scholarly endeavors. Military...

Published: 9/16/11

Connecticut in the American Civil War (2011)

By: Peter C. Luebke

Category: Book Reviews

The Civil War Centennial saw the publication of histories of state participation in the Civil War. Now, with the approach of the sesquicentennial, it appears as if a new batch...

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Published: 8/3/11

The War Begins

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Fort Sumter

Explore how Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper covered the outbreak of the American Civil War.