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Features
Published: 8/20/26
Dear Diary
Read the story of Cyrena Stone, or Miss Abby, and her secret firsthand account of the fall of Atlanta—and the collapse of the Confederate home front.
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Published: 8/20/26
Lincoln in Edinburgh
Read how an impoverished Union widow’s request led to the creation of the Scottish-American Civil War Monument in Edinburgh.
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Published: 5/21/26
Relic-Hunters, Sightseers, and Ghouls
A look at how the destruction wrought by the Battle of Gettysburg fueled an impassioned and at times macabre wartime industry.
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Published: 5/21/26
The Patriots
Civil War historians weigh in on how the American Revolution influenced and inspired both the Union and the Confederacy.
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Published: 2/19/26
The Man Behind The Cane
A look at Preston Brooks' caning of Charles Sumner, and how the assault—and the reaction to it—foreshadowed civil war.
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Published: 2/19/26
The Survivor: Harlan Paige’s Civil War
Read about the exceptional luck of Vermont soldier Harlan Paige on the long and bloody road to Appomattox.
Published: 2/19/26
Battle Fury at Averasboro
In the Battle of Averasboro, an outnumbered Confederate force made a desperate effort to defeat Sherman’s army as it marched through North Carolina.
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Published: 11/13/25
My War Story
Young Virginia soldier Alexander Hunter's remarkable firsthand account of the Confederate victory at Second Manassas
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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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