Books and Discussions
Published: 7/22/22
Quick Picks: First Bull Run Books
Looking for First Bull Run books? Check out our list of must-read titles to deepen your knowledge of this historic battle.
Published: 7/20/22
All for the Union (2022)
A New York family fights the Civil War.
Published: 7/13/22
In The Houses of Their Dead (2022)
A detailed review of Terry Alford's "In the Houses of Their Dead," a study of spiritualism in the Civil War era.
Published: 7/6/22
To Walk About in Freedom (2022)
A remarkable microhistory centered around one formerly enslaved woman’s postwar interview.
Published: 6/29/22
Gettysburg (2022)
A compilation of postwar accounts about the epic 1863 battle.
Published: 6/22/22
Invisible Wounds (2021)
A detailed review of "Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers" by Dillon J. Carroll.
Published: 6/21/22
The Five Best Books on Lincoln and His Commanders
Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln was not a military man, yet in March 1861 he became commander in chief of forces that would soon face the task of suppressing an...
Published: 6/15/22
Spectacle of Grief (2022)
A study of public funerals during the Civil War era.
Published: 6/14/22
Grand Opening of American Civil War Museum’s Robins Theater
Celebrate the American Civil War Museum's Robin Theater grand opening. Find out what to expect from the new facility and film.
Published: 6/8/22
Gettysburg’s Lost Love Story (2022)
The story of an ill-fated Civil War-era romance.
Published: 6/1/22
Love & Duty (2022)
An exploration of widowhood in the Civil War-era South.
Published: 5/25/22
Salmon P. Chase (2022)
A deep dive into the life of Lincoln's treasury secretary.
Published: 5/23/22
Quick Picks: Civil War Photography Books
Library of Congress A Civil War photographer and his tent. Looking for good books on Civil War photography? We asked Ronald S. Coddington, author and publisher of Military Images magazine,...
Published: 5/18/22
Back From Battle (2021)
“Camp Discharge never got its monument,” writes Jim Remsen. “If it weren’t for the military records, memoirs, and news clippings, one could think the place never existed.” Fortunately for the...
Published: 5/11/22
Hell’s Half-Acre (2022)
A detailed review of Susan Jonusas' "Hell's Half-Acre," a book about the serial-killing Bender Family of Western folklore.
Published: 5/4/22
Harriet Tubman (2022)
A new biography of the iconic American freedom fighter.
Published: 4/28/22
The Books That Built Me: Brian Matthew Jordan
SHAWNA SHERRELL Brian Matthew Jordan I suppose you could say that I started researching my recently published book, Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, when I was...
Published: 4/20/22
First Fallen (2021)
A detailed review of Meg Groeling's "First Fallen," a biography of 11th New York Infantry colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth.