Articles
Published: 9/1/19
On the March
Both the Union and Confederacy had formal regulations for armies on the march. Here are figures associated with some of the more fundamental rules.
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: 8/19/19
Recollections of a Military Staff Ride
A look at how staff rides transform Civil War battlefields into living classrooms.
Published: 7/26/19
History as Imagination
Harriet Tubman helped free hundreds of slaves during the Combahee River Raid, an event documented in "The Tubman Command" by Elizabeth Cobbs.
Published: 7/1/19
The Impact of the Lost Order
Did the discovery of Confederate Special Orders No. 191 in September 1862 indeed provide Union forces with a decisive advantage?
Published: 7/1/19
Relics of the War’s First Martyr
The blood-spattered uniform of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, the first Union officer to die in the Civil War, was displayed at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City in 1864.
Published: 7/1/19
The Weight They Carried
A breakdown of the average weights of key equipment carried by Union soldiers during the Civil War.
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Published: 7/1/19
The Perils of Occupation
Union soldiers occupying civilian areas faced a unique kind of warfare beyond the front lines, beginning with the Baltimore riot of April 1861.
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Published: 7/1/19
Old Rosy Reconsidered
An examination of the flawed but successful Civil War career of Union general William Starke Rosecrans.
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Published: 7/1/19
The Refugees
During the Civil War, some 500,000 enslaved people fled to Union-occupied regions seeking freedom, establishing over 300 refugee settlements.
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
Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War
An original copy of Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War sold for $84,000 at Cowan's Auctions in 2015, offering a glimpse into the work of Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner.
Published: 5/1/19
Children of the Battlefield
Gettysburg resident J. Howard Wert collected relics of the battle, including photos of children, mementos that soldiers carried into the fight.
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Published: 5/1/19
Mutiny in the Army
A mutiny by African-American soldiers in the 128th U.S. Colored Troops sheds light on the often troubled path to freedom experienced by former slaves.
Published: 5/1/19
“Gibraltar of the James”
The letters of a Union sailor bring to life the valuable service performed by the formidable ironclad warship USS Onondaga and its crew.
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