Features
What if Lincoln Had Lived?
An assassin’s bullet ended his life just weeks into his second term as president. His vision for the reuniting country died with him.
By Allen C. Guelzo
Popular and Peerless
Historians reflect on the endurance of James M. McPherson’s Battle Cry of Freedom as the seminal volume on the Civil War turns 35.
With Jennifer L. Weber, Matthew E. Stanley, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Gary W. Gallagher, and James M. McPherson
No Born Soldier
Henry B. Carrington and the hard work that kept him safe in wartime
By William Marvel
Departments
Editorial: Secretary Dot
Salvo: Facts, Figures & Items of Interest
Voices: Doldrums of War
Preservation: New Threats in Virginia
Figures: Treatment in the Field
Faces of War: An Iowan Killed in Georgia
Cost of War: Alpheus Williams’ Presentation Sword
In Focus: New Gettysburg Photo Found
Columns:
Fighting Words: “Arkansas Toothpick,” by Tracy L. Barnett
Crossroads: Joseph E. Johnston and the Perils of Hindsight, by Andrew S. Bledsoe
Books & Authors:
The Books That Built Me
By John Hennessy
Voices from the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 8
By Gary W. Gallagher
Parting Shot: Surrender Towel