Articles
Published: 5/1/19
Wartime Photo of General Custer
A look at a rare photo of General George Armstrong Custer that earned big at auction in 2018.
Published: 5/1/19
Satterlee General Hospital
A look at Philadelphia's Satterlee General Hospital, which cared for sick and wounded Union soldiers from June 1862 to August 1865.
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: 3/22/19
Map Quest
After a restoration project spearheaded by Scott Roland, the fabled electric Gettysburg map now resides in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Published: 12/17/18
Emancipation on Stage
Megan Kate Nelson discusses the play Ben Butler by playwright Richard Strand and staged by Portland Stage.
Published: 12/1/18
Lieutenant John Worden’s Snuffbox
After the Battle of Hampton Roads, the citizens of Buffalo, New York, presented Lieutenant John L. Worden with this solid gold snuffbox.
Published: 12/1/18
Monitor vs. Merrimack
Understanding the enduring allure of the duel between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (Merrimack) at Hampton Roads.
Published: 12/1/18
Hardtack
Learn more about hardtack, the infamous hard bread that was a staple of Civil War soldiers' daily rations.
Published: 12/1/18
A Fitting Tribute
A look at a calligraphic portrait by W.H. Pratt of Abraham Lincoln using the text of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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: 12/1/18
Meade’s Council of War
The 1861 edition of U.S. Army Inspector General Henry Lee Scott’s Military Dictionary defines “council of war” as “an assemblage of the chief officers in the army, summoned by the...
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Published: 12/1/18
Letters to Julia
Ulysses S. Grant’s correspondence with his wife, Julia, during the Civil War provides insight into his deep affection for his family.
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Published: 12/1/18
When the Abolitionists Went to Charleston
During the Civil War’s final days, a group of northerners traveled from New York to Charleston to mark the conflict’s end.
Published: 10/12/18
Jackson the Magician
Historian Mark Grimsley on understanding the myth surrounding Thomas J. Jackson, the man known as "Stonewall."
Published: 10/1/18
A POW’s Thoughtful Gift
This ring, believed to have been made by a Confederate POW at Fort Delaware, was presented to Confederate First Lady Varina Davis.
Published: 10/1/18
Mr. Lincoln and the Monitor
The Union’s famed ironclad warship, USS Monitor, had a fan in Abraham Lincoln, who paid the vessel an eventful visit in the spring of 1862.
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