Commentary
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: 5/9/14
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...
Published: 5/1/13
Expert Takes on Gettysburg
Allen C. Guelzo and Stephen W. Sears weigh in on the most enduring questions about the Battle of Gettysburg on its 150th anniversary.
Published: 5/1/13
The Big One
Reflections on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg from the Summer 2013 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 3/15/12
How I tried and failed to escape the Civil War
My interest in the Civil War should have been a wonderful accident of birth and geography. I was born, raised, studied, and worked around key sites in that event’s...
Published: 12/1/11
Winter 2011 | Dispatches
Readers write in to praise the premiere issue of The Civil War Monitor, highlighting its depth of scholarship, beautiful production, and balanced perspective.
Published: 12/1/11
Thanks…and a Contest
Editor Terry Johnston thanks readers for their enthusiastic response to the premier issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Published: 10/25/11
Respect My Heritage; You Can Stick Yours
Several news stories appeared in the media recently updating recent developments in a neighborhood dispute in South Carolina that’s been brewing for about year now. The brief recap is that...
Published: 10/13/11
Bolting On the Civil War Navy
Several months back, my friend Matthew Eng, coordinator at the Hampton Roads Navy Museum, asked me why the naval aspects of the Civil War tend to stand off from the...
Published: 9/29/11
A War of Words
There’s a lot that remains unsettled about the Civil War: “Manassas” or “Bull Run”? “Civil War” or “War Between the States”? Forget the big questions about what the war was...