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Features
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Published: 11/13/25
The Headliners
Who were the Civil War’s biggest celebrities? We asked a group of historians and ranked their top 20 picks in order of popularity.
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Published: 11/13/25
Ericsson’s Other Folly
John Ericsson is best remembered for the ironclad USS Monitor, initially dubbed Ericsson's Folly. He proved detractors wrong then, but not all of his designs succeeded.
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Published: 8/19/25
Occurrence at Citico Creek
How veterans of the 154th New York Infantry remembered their involvement in a skirmish at Citico Creek during the battle for Chattanooga
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Published: 8/19/25
The Enemy Within
A look at how soldiers’ reluctance to use and maintain prescribed latrines posed disciplinary and deadly threats to Civil War armies.
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Published: 8/19/25
The Military Education of Abraham Lincoln
He was one of the country’s greatest wartime presidents. But Lincoln’s early days as commander-in-chief were anything but smooth.
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Published: 5/28/25
Reunion at Gettysburg
A photographic examination of the massive 50th anniversary reunion of the Battle of Gettysburg held in the summer of 1913.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Published: 1/2/25
A Talent for War
A look at the American Civil War illustrations and paintings of Swedish-born military artist Thure de Thulstrup.
Published: 12/12/24
Rebel Revival
How a string of Confederate victories in early 1864 halted Union momentum—and boosted southern morale
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Published: 12/12/24
The Brothers’ War
How the bond between brothers William T. and John Sherman survived their conflicting views on the issue that tore the nation apart
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Published: 10/2/24
Robert E. Lee’s Unwritten History
Author Stephen Cushman offers his theory as to why Robert E. Lee didn't write a memoir of his Civil War experiences.
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Published: 10/2/24
The Zouave
By 1861, Elmer Ellsworth had become a household name in much of America. Read how he and his Chicago Zouaves earned national fame.
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Published: 10/2/24
The Bloodiest Day
D. Scott Hartwig looks at how rank-and-file Union and Confederate troops experienced the Battle of Antietam.
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Published: 8/2/24
Boy Soldiers
One in 10 Union soldiers was underage when they enlisted. Their presence disrupted families, created chaos—and helped win the war.
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