Published: 6/21/22The Five Best Books on Lincoln and His CommandersBy: Gerald J. ProkopowiczCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln was not a military man, yet in March 1861 he became commander in chief of forces that would soon face the task of suppressing an...
Published: 6/14/22Grand Opening of American Civil War Museum’s Robins TheaterBy: Zethyn McKinleyCategory: The Front Line American Civil War Museum We recently asked Jeniffer Maloney, director of marketing and public relations at American Civil War Museum, about their new Robins Theater opening this month. She gave...
Published: 6/13/22Ticks in CampBy: Josiah M. FavillCategory: The Front Line The Diary of a Young Officer Serving with the Armies of the United States During the War of the Rebellion (1909) Josiah M. Favill, 57th New York Infantry Josiah M....
Published: 6/3/22Eyewitness to Cold HarborBy: Theodore LymanCategory: The Front Line Meade’s Headquarters, 1863–1865 (1922) Colonel Theodore Lyman Between May 31 and June 12, 1864, the armies of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clashed near Mechanicsville, Virginia, in the...
Published: 5/23/22Quick Picks: Civil War Photography BooksBy: Ronald S. CoddingtonCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress A Civil War photographer and his tent. Looking for good books on Civil War photography? We asked Ronald S. Coddington, author and publisher of Military Images magazine,...
Published: 4/28/22The Books That Built Me: Brian Matthew JordanBy: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: The Front Line SHAWNA SHERRELL Brian Matthew Jordan I suppose you could say that I started researching my recently published book, Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, when I was...
Published: 4/4/22Braxton Bragg at McLemore’s CoveBy: Andrew S. BledsoeCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress General Braxton Bragg The art of command remains an elusive and complex concept for historians of the Civil War, and debates about command decisions and methods hold...
Published: 3/29/22Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 3By: Gary W. GallagherCategory: The Front Line A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee (1876) General Robert E. Lee rides among his troops during the Battle of Gettysburg. Several European journalists and military officers wrote about their...
Published: 3/21/22Extra Voices: Mother BickerdykeBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line USAHEC Mother Bickerdyke tends to a wounded soldier in the field. In the Voices section of the Spring 2022 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted quotes by and...
Published: 2/28/22The Five Best Books on Civil War MemoryBy: Matthew Christopher HulbertCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress Union and Confederate veterans shake hands at the reunion to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. In his 1948 novel Intruder in the Dust,...