Published: 5/18/20The Greatest Bards: Part 1By: Mark GrimsleyCategory: The Front Line Alamy Author Shelby Foote Asked to name the writer whose work had the greatest influence on their early love for the Civil War, most lay students of the conflict would...
Published: 5/15/20The Five Best Books on Civil War CombatBy: Andrew S. BledsoeCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress “Spare Cartridges” by Alfred R. Waud In considering the vast literature on combat in the Civil War, one is hard-pressed to limit a selection of the best...
Published: 4/9/20Lee Bids FarewellBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line Makers of the World’s History and Their Grand Achievements (1903) Robert E. Lee bids the men of the Army of Northern Virginia farewell at war’s end. On the night of...
Published: 4/3/20The “Hero” of Castle ThunderBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line On June 3, 1865—only a few weeks after the surrender ceremonies at Appomattox Court House—Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper ran the following article about the former Confederate-run prison in Richmond called...
Published: 3/16/20History in the Digital AgeBy: Kevin M. LevinCategory: The Front Line Michaela Levin Historian Kevin M. Levin In November 2005 I created the website Civil War Memory, which included a blog. I had recently completed a master’s degree in history and...
Published: 3/13/20Extra Voices: PaydayBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History A Civil War greenback In the Voices section of the Spring 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted quotes by...
Published: 3/6/20The Fashion Trends of 1864By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line On February 27, 1864, Harper’s Weekly published the following illustration—”a few of the various styles of garments manufactured by” New York City–based clothing wholesalers Kirkland, Bronson, & Co. “New York...
Published: 2/20/20A Goodbye GiftBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line While attending services at St. Paul’s Church in Richmond on Sunday, April 2, 1865, Confederate president Jefferson Davis received word that Confederate forces had begun evacuating Petersburg in the wake...
Published: 1/26/20“What will not the human body endure?”By: James K. HosmerCategory: The Front Line Harper’s Weekly Union soldiers march through Baton Rouge in May 1863. While on furlough in Baton Rouge in May 1863, Corporal James K. Hosmer of the 52nd Massachusetts Infantry volunteered...
Published: 1/21/20Grant and Lee at AppomattoxBy: Mark GrimsleyCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress The McLean House in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, where Robert E. Lee met with Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, to discuss terms of surrender. In...