Published: 3/9/23Eyewitness to the Battle of Hampton RoadsBy: Samuel Dana GreenCategory: The Front Line Naval History and Heritage Command Lieutenant Samuel Dana Green During the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862—where the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (Merrimac) fought to...
Published: 3/8/23ROTHERA: Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas (2022)By: Chase H. McCarterCategory: Book Reviews Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico, and Argentina, 1860–1880 by Evan C. Rothera. Louisiana State University Press, 2022. Cloth, ISBN: 9780807171479. $50.00. Scholars of the U.S....
Published: 3/6/23“When the Boys Come Home”By: John HayCategory: The Front Line Harper’s Weekly Lincoln’s secretary John Hay In June 1864, Harper’s Weekly published the following poem by John Hay, one of two personal secretaries to President Abraham Lincoln. Hay, 25 at...
Published: 3/2/23CHERVINSKY & COSTELLO (eds.): Mourning the Presidents (2023)By: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: Book Reviews Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture edited by Lindsay M. Chervinsky and Matthew R. Costello. University of Virginia Press, 2023. Paper, ISBN: 978-0-8139-4929-1. $29.50. In this accessible and...
Published: 2/24/23The Books That Built Me: Joan WaughBy: Joan WaughCategory: The Front Line DIANA LUNDIN Joan Waugh “There is properly no history; only biography.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Narrowing down a list of “books that built me” was surprisingly difficult. The books finally selected,...
Published: 2/23/23ROSSINO: Their Maryland (2021)By: James J. BroomallCategory: Book Reviews Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia from the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862 by Alexander B. Rossino. Savas Beatie, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611215571. $32.95. By late September 1862, the soldiers...
Published: 2/22/23KRETZ: Administering Freedom (2022)By: Evan C. RotheraCategory: Book Reviews Administering Freedom: The State of Emancipation after the Freedmen’s Bureau by Dale Kretz. The University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469671024. $39.95. Administering Freedom opens by recalling William Baltimore’s interview...
Published: 2/20/23LAFANTASIE (ed.): The Union Forever (2012)By: Matthew NormanCategory: Book Reviews The Union Forever: Lincoln, Grant, and the Civil War edited by Glenn LaFantasie. University Press of Kentucky, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 0813134447. $40.00. We are currently in the midst of a U.S....
Published: 2/15/23WOOD: Lady Rebels of Civil War Missouri (2022)By: John SarvelaCategory: Book Reviews Lady Rebels of Civil War Missouri by Larry Wood. The History Press, 2022. Paper, ISBN: 978-1467150095. $23.99. In Lady Rebels of Civil War Missouri, Larry Wood takes readers into the most...
Published: 2/10/23Civil War EmojisBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line The May 23, 1863, issue of Harper’s Weekly ran the following ad by E.P. Gleason, a New York-based manufacturer. The ad, which promoted Gleason’s “Kerosine Crater,” an attachment to be...