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...this book is a strong choice for those wishing to learn more about the Atlanta campaign.

Green...examines the development and creation of the Union high command.

Hettle's book is a wonderful resource for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the Civil War era and those who lived it.

Kentucky is the sphinx on the landscape of the American Civil War...

In the Voices department of our summer 2014 issue (Vol. 4, No. 2) we featured soldiers' quotes that highlight some of the many different sounds of war. Below are some additional examples that we could not run in the magazine, do to space limitations.

...essential reading for those seeking to better know Douglass.

One hundred fifty years ago this month, 28-year-old Michigan resident Julia Wheelcock learned that her brother, Orville, a soldier in the 8th Michigan Infantry, had been wounded at the September 1, 1862, Battle of Chantilly. She and Orville’s wife, Anna, along with Anna’s sister, Mrs. Peck, determined to travel to Virginia to look for him in the hospitals of Alexandria. The following is an...

...this collection of primary sources provides important insight into John Quincy Adams's views on the most divisive issue of his generation.

On August 13, a statue of Robert E. Lee took center stage in the struggle over the meaning and legacy of the Civil War. That day a "Unite the Right" rally of self-proclaimed white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, anti-Semites, and neo-Confederates protested the city’s decision to remove an equestrian statue of Lee from a public park. The rally erupted in violence, killing one...

...illustrates irregular activity in a region that has long been understudied in the scholarly literature.