Published: 9/25/23Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 8By: Gary W. GallagherCategory: Featured DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University Soldiers of the Texas Brigade Putting this series together has been enjoyable but also frustrating. None of the retrospective literature created by soldiers in the...
Published: 8/25/23Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 7By: Gary W. GallagherCategory: The Front Line A LIFE OF GEN. ROBERT E. LEE (1876) In a postwar illustration, Robert E. Lee is depicted leading his men at Gettysburg. Three books containing Robert E. Lee’s testimony provide...
Published: 7/25/23The Five Best Books on the Civil War in the Shenandoah ValleyBy: Jonathan A. NoyalasCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress “Sheridan’s Final Charge at Winchester” by Thure de Thulstrup For the past two decades I have been fortunate to live in the place I research and write...
Published: 7/10/23Changing Times—And Names—at U.S. Military BasesBy: Christian B. KellerCategory: The Front Line As an employee of the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense, I must support the official policies of these organizations, so what I write below represents my own personal...
Published: 6/30/23Extra Voices: Trench LifeBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress In the Voices section of our Summer 2023 issue we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about life in the trenches. Unfortunately, we didn’t have room...
Published: 6/23/23The Top Five Civil War BiographiesBy: Matthew Christopher HulbertCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress It may seem a cliche to preface my Top Five articles with the disclaimer that the subject cannot possibly be done justice by so few recommendations. Then...
Published: 4/1/23April-Fool’s DayBy: Harper's WeeklyCategory: The Front Line On March 30, 1861, Harper’s Weekly published the following image to mark April Fool’s Day. An accompanying article reads in part: We publish on the preceding page a picture of...
Published: 3/31/23Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 6By: Gary W. GallagherCategory: The Front Line This installment in the series focuses on the top leadership of the cavalry. The three titles include the correspondence of James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart, by far the most important...
Published: 3/24/23Extra Voices: Battle FatigueBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line National Archives In the Voices section of our Spring 2023 issue we highlighted quotes about the onset of battle fatigue among soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies. Unfortunately, we...
Published: 3/9/23Eyewitness to the Battle of Hampton RoadsBy: Samuel Dana GreenCategory: The Front Line Naval History and Heritage Command Lieutenant Samuel Dana Green During the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862—where the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (Merrimac) fought to...