Commentary
Published: 9/1/20
Fall 2020 | Dispatches
Reader comments and questions published in the Fall 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 9/1/20
Mr. Lincoln’s Other Army
Editorial thoughts on the feature story from the Fall 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 6/1/20
Uncertain Times
Editorial commentary and reflections from the Summer 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 6/1/20
Summer 2020 | Dispatches
Reader questions and comments published in the Summer 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 3/7/20
Dissatisfaction, Dissent, and Fragmentation
Editorial thoughts and reflections from the Spring 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 3/7/20
Spring 2020 | Dispatches
Reader questions and comments published in the Spring 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 12/1/19
A Piece of Hell on Earth
Editorial thoughts and reflections published in the Winter 2019 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 12/1/19
Winter 2019 | Dispatches
Reader comments and questions published in the Winter 2019 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 9/1/19
Fall 2019 | Dispatches
Reader comments and questions published in the Fall 2019 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 9/1/19
A Big Loss
Civil War Monitor publisher and editor-in-chief Terry Johnston offers his thoughts on the passing of author Tony Horwitz.
Published: 6/14/19
Extra Dossier: J.E.B. Stuart
Historians weigh in on Confederate cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart's best and worst qualities as a leader.
Published: 5/1/19
Summer 2019 | Dispatches
Reader feedback published in the Summer 2019 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 5/1/19
The Fragility of Freedom
Frederick Douglass's 1863 call for African Americans to enlist in the Union army helped deal a fatal blow to slavery.
Published: 5/1/19
Spring 2019 | Dispatches
Reader feedback published in the Spring 2019 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 5/1/19
Heading West
Editorial musings on the cover story from the Spring 2019 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 12/1/18
Meade at Gettysburg
Count me among the many fans of Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War novel The Killer Angels (1974)—and the Ron Maxwell-directed movie, Gettysburg (1993), based upon it. Both breathe life into their characters—including...
Published: 12/1/18
Winter 2018 | Dispatches
Reader thoughts and comments published in the Winter 2018 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 5/9/14
An Interview with Nicholas Marshall
Our conversation with Nicholas Marshall, an associate professor of history at Marist College and recent author of “The Great Exaggeration: Death and the Civil War,” featured in the March issue...