Published: 12/3/18Interview: Emerging Scholars at American Civil War MuseumBy: Zethyn McKinleyCategory: The Front Line American Civil War Museum The new American Civil War Museum, scheduled to open in May 2019 As proud sponsors of American Civil War Museum’s upcoming Emerging Scholars program—set to occur...
Published: 11/12/18“A Lady of Excellent Worth”By: Melvin GrigsbyCategory: The Front Line Cahaba: A Story of Captive Boys in Blue (1888) Castle Morgan prison in Cahaba, Alabama, as it appeared during the Civil War Nearly twenty years after the end of the...
Published: 10/12/18Jackson the MagicianBy: Mark GrimsleyCategory: The Front Line Virginia Military Institute Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, as he appeared in November 1862. “Oh, for the presence and inspiration of Old Jack for just one hour!” That was the cry...
Published: 10/8/18Interview: Animatronic Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial ShrineBy: Zethyn McKinleyCategory: The Front Line Garner Holt Productions The Lincoln Memorial Shrine “Reflections of the Face of Lincoln,” a new exhibit that features an impressive animatronic bust of the 16th president, recently opened at the...
Published: 9/24/18VarinaBy: Megan Kate NelsonCategory: The Front Line John O’Brien Collection Confederate first lady Varina Davis, the subject of a new novel by Charles Frazier, as she appeared shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War A young...
Published: 7/30/18“Martyrs” to Their Cause: John Brown, Edmund Ruffin, and Harpers FerryBy: John GradyCategory: The Front Line John Grady The old court house at Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia, where John Brown was tried for treason. Long before the tumult and rage in Charlottesville last year over...
Published: 7/2/18The Best Gettysburg BooksBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line COURTESY OF JASON MINICK, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND THE GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION In this scene from the Gettysburg Cyclorama, Union soldiers advance toward the sound of the guns during the battle. For our...
Published: 6/25/18Whither Public History?By: John CoskiCategory: The Front Line CLAUDIO VAZQUEZ Visitors to Gettysburg National Military Park pause during a tour of the battlefield. Every one of you reading this magazine is a member of the public history world:...
Published: 5/2/18Battlefield Echoes: MOPs, MOEs, and ChancellorsvilleBy: Ethan S. RafuseCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress Kurz & Allison’s depiction of the Battle of Chancellorsville In the aftermath of his army’s defeat at Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee welcomed a brother of Secretary...
Published: 4/20/18The Best Civil War Books of 2017By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2017 issue contained our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we enlisted the help of a handful...