Published: 10/31/22Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 4By: Gary W. GallagherCategory: The Front Line USAHEC Confederate corps commander James Longstreet Literature on the Army of Northern Virginia contains book-length testimony from four of the seven officers who commanded its infantry corps. These titles include...
Published: 9/28/22Quick Picks: Sherman’s March BooksBy: Bennett PartenCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress Looking to do some reading on William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea? We asked Bennett Parten, a professor of history at Georgia Southern University who is...
Published: 9/26/22A StragglerBy: Alfred WaudCategory: The Front Line Harper’s Weekly “A Straggler” by Alfred R. Waud On March 28, 1863, Harper’s Weekly published Alfred R. Waud’s description, and associated illustration, of an army straggler—a class of soldier encountered...
Published: 9/12/22“Union Jim” WilliamsBy: Harper's WeeklyCategory: The Front Line Harper’s Weekly “Union Jim” Williams The March 28, 1863, issue of Harper’s Weekly included the following article about, and illustration of, Jim Williams, a formerly enslaved man who assisted Union...
Published: 8/31/22The Five Best Books on the Civil War in the (Far) WestBy: Matthew Christopher HulbertCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress On the first day of my American West in History and Film class, I ask students to explain where the historical West of their imaginations is located,...
Published: 8/22/22Extra Voices: A Thirst For BattleBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line Anne SK Brown Military Collection In the Voices section of our Fall 2022 issue we highlighted quotes about the thirst for battle that consumed many Union and Confederate soldiers. Unfortunately,...
Published: 8/15/22Major Knipe Winging a SecessionistBy: Harper's WeeklyCategory: The Front Line Joseph F. Knipe Library of Congress The following news item and image about an incident involving Union officer Joseph Knipe ran in Harper’s Weekly on July 20, 1861—the day before...
Published: 7/22/22Quick Picks: First Bull Run BooksBy: Harry SmeltzerCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress The Battle of Bull Run Looking to do some reading on the First Battle of Bull Run? We asked Harry Smeltzer, proprietor of the website Bull Runnings,...
Published: 7/11/22Extra Voices: Salt PorkBy: The Civi War MonitorCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress In the Voices section of our Summer 2022 issue we highlighted quotes about one of the more common foods consumed by soldiers on both sides: salt pork....
Published: 6/22/22CARROLL: Invisible Wounds (2021)By: Jonathan S. JonesCategory: The Front Line Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers by Dillon J. Carroll. Louisiana State University Press, 2021. 978-0-80716-9667. $45.00. Historians of the Civil War have been fascinated by mental illness...