Published: 3/8/16The Unintended ExpertBy: Jenny JohnstonCategory: The Front Line Lisa Shafer Garry Adelman holds the first Civil War image he ever owned, an ambrotype of an unidentified Union soldier given to him by his grandmother at age 16. It...
Published: 10/8/15Embattled Banner: A Conversation with Tony HorwitzBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line tonyhorwitz.com Author Tony Horwitz To help make sense of the recent developments regarding the Confederate battle flag, we sat down with Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the...
Published: 6/1/15Trial of a Confederate TerroristBy: John GradyCategory: The Front Line John Yates Beall’s friends stirred up a hornet’s nest of protest over the death sentence he had been given by a military commission sitting on Governor’s Island in New York...
Published: 11/3/14Yankee RunawaysBy: Dan CroftsCategory: The Front Line Major Charles P. Mattocks and his two comrades, Captain Julius P. Litchfield and Lieutenant Charles O. Hunt, were on the run. The three Maine Yankees, each the member of a...
Published: 10/13/14The Death of Roger B. TaneyBy: Jonathan W. WhiteCategory: The Front Line Throughout the Civil War, the highest judicial officer in the United States, Roger Brooke Taney, held sympathies for the Confederacy. In June 1861—before the first major battle of the war—Taney...
Published: 7/21/14Terry’s Texas RangersBy: Kate DawsonCategory: The Front Line It had been just one month since the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in April 1861, launching the Civil War. Texas and ten other states seceded from the Union and then...
Published: 6/30/14Inside the Photographer’s StudioBy: Jonathan W. White and Hailey HouseCategory: The Front Line Between 1861 and 1865, roughly one thousand photographers captured the people and places of the Civil War; dozens followed the armies, shooting pictures of the men who were firing the...
Published: 6/30/14Sneak Peek | Lincoln ConsideredBy: Jason EmersonCategory: The Front Line As a special “thank you” for being an eNews subscriber, we wanted to give you an exclusive sneak peek into the Spring 2013 issue. This issue’s feature article is entitled,...
Published: 6/26/14Sneak Peak | Ron Maxwell QABy: Ron MaxwellCategory: The Front Line As a special “thank you” to our eNews subscribers, we offer you this first look at our Q&A with Ron Maxwell, director of Gettysburg. Here, Maxwell tells how Gettysburg almost...
Published: 6/26/14Summer Dessert RecipesBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line From the pages of Godey’s Lady’s Book to your table… Rhubarb Fool Ingredients: Quart of peeled, cut, and inch-long pieces Pint of cream Stick of cinnamon Small piece of lemon-peel...