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"Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America" by Thomas J. Brown is one of the most comprehensive explorations on Civil War monuments to date.

Understanding the mythic event at Appomattox that represents the end of the Confederacy.

Evan Kutzler's "Living By Inches" shows that Robert Penn Warren was right; the Civil War is our 'felt' history.

One man's journey to become a licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg.

Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White's "Our Little Monitor" offers cutting-edge maritime archaeology and thorough historical research....

As Jon D. Schaff's "Abraham Lincoln's Statesmanship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy" shows, there is no discernible slowdown in the publication of books on the sixteenth president.

With the help of a handful of Civil War historians and enthusiasts, here is our list of the best Civil War books of 2019.

Sue Thibodeau has produced a work that encourages sightseers to temporarily ditch modern means of viewing the field in favor of traversing the south-central Pennsylvania countryside on a bike.

A panel of historians weighs in on the best qualities of William T. Sherman.