War in the West

Published: 2/3/25

Veterans Visit an Idealized West

By: Cecily Zander

Category: The Front Line

A gathering of Union veterans in 1880s Colorado sheds light on the country's attitude toward the American West—both as a space for reconciliation and as a prize.

Published: 11/4/24

Lincoln and Yosemite

By: Cecily Zander

Category: The Front Line

Discover President Abraham Lincoln's role in the creation of a national park at Yosemite in California.

Published: 7/1/24

The Forgotten Men: Veterans of the Indian Wars

By: Cecily Zander

Category: The Front Line

An examination of how veterans of the Indian Wars led the struggle to create a memorial at the site of the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island.

Published: 4/1/24

Lincoln’s Imagined West

By: Cecily Zander

Category: Politicians

An exploration of Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on westward expansion—and their legacy.

Published: 6/22/22

Invisible Wounds (2021)

By: Jonathan S. Jones

Category: Book Reviews

A detailed review of "Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers" by Dillon J. Carroll.

Published: 1/12/22

The Cacophony of Politics (2021)

By: Daniel W. Crofts

Category: Book Reviews

When Roy Franklin Nichols penned the final chapters of his formidable classic, The Disruption of American Democracy, he wrote that “the Democratic party seemed in desperate straits. The war which...