Fall 2016 Civil War Monitor cover

Fall 2016

Vol. 6, No. 3

Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
Civil War Napoleon cannon
Faces of the Navy
John Hunt Morgan

Features

Faces of the Navy
Images and stories of the Union and Confederate sailors who fought the war on water
By Ronald S. Coddington

 

“You Have Just Killed the Best Man in the Confederacy!”
The rise and fall of controversial cavalryman John Hunt Morgan
By Terry Bisson

The Western Way of War
From hard-line tactics to emancipation, the war in the West helped shape the larger conflict—and secure victory for the Union.
By Christopher Phillips

Departments

Editorial: The Water War

Salvo: Facts, Figures & Items of Interest

Travels: A Visit to Washington, D.C.
Voices: Drill
Dossier: Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Preservation: Preserved Battlefields as Training Grounds
Figures: The Napoleon
Cost of War: Beauregard’s LeMat
In Focus: On the Path to Freedom

Columns:

American Iliad: The Fire of Phillip Sheridan, by Mark Grimsley
Stereocope: Compelling History, by Megan Kate Nelson

 

Books & Authors:

The Books That Built Me

By Gerald J. Prokopowicz

Looking Back on Civil War America

With Gary W. Gallagher

 

Parting Shot: Nap Time