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Published: 5/28/25
Rufus Dawes’ Civil War
The Civil War story of Union officer Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry, one of the regiment of the famed Iron Brigade.
Published: 5/28/25
“Juneteenth”
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in America. Historian Tracy Barnett explores the origins of the term.
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Published: 5/28/25
A Prisoner’s Story
The remarkable Civil War story of Union prisoner of war James Dungan of the 19th Iowa Infantry.
Published: 5/28/25
The Butler Medal
The Butler Medal was awarded by Major General Benjamin F. Butler to this United States Colored Troops. This one sold at auction for $45,000.
Published: 5/28/25
Summer 2025 | Dispatches
Reader feedback published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 5/28/25
Enemies No More
Reflections on the 1913 Battle of Gettysburg reunion that attracted over 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans.
Published: 5/28/25
The Re-creation of Thomas J. Jackson
A look at the historical accuracy of director Ron Maxwell's 2013 movie "Gods and Generals"—in particular the portrayal of Stonewall Jackson.
Published: 5/5/25
Smoothbore vs. Rifled Muskets
A look at the military philosophy of Colonel George Willard, whose advocacy for the use of the smoothbore (not rifled) musket in battle flew in the face of contemporary thinking.
Published: 3/18/25
First Steps to Greatness
Reflections on the Monitor's Spring 2025 cover story on Ulysses S. Grant
Published: 3/18/25
Spring 2025 | Dispatches
Letters to the editor published in the Spring 2025 issue
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Published: 3/18/25
Union and Confederate Small Arms
A look at a cross section of Union and Confederate small arms hints at their great variety over the Civil War years.
Published: 3/18/25
A Civil War Baseball
A look at a baseball used by soldiers of the 17th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry that sold at auction for $41,825 in February 2014.
Published: 3/18/25
The Imagined Emancipationist
Harry Turtledove's "The Guns of the South" cast Robert E. Lee as a victor whose allies turn out to be otherworldly
Published: 3/18/25
Failure at Fredericksburg
Union general William B. Franklin and the perils of indecision and delay at the Battle of Fredericksburg
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Published: 3/18/25
The Liberators: Combahee River Raid of 1863
In June 1863, Harriet Tubman helped Union forces pull off a daring raid of destruction and liberation on plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry.
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Published: 3/14/25
Redrawing the Guerrilla War
A new graphic history of the guerrilla war in Missouri imagines a different way for scholars to broaden their reach.
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Published: 3/14/25
The Making of a General
Before he became the Union's top soldier, Mexican War veteran turned store clerk Ulysses S. Grant needed to find a way back into the army.
Published: 2/17/25
Medicine From a Pandora’s Box
Explore the story of the Civil War medicine box belonging to Confederate surgeon Christopher H. Tebaul.