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Fall 2018
Vol. 8, No. 3
In the Fall 2018 issue, five top historians take their shot at building the ideal Civil War fighting force. Plus, we take a look at the fatal dangers people faced away from the battlefield, as well as Lincoln’s visit to the USS Monitor in 1862.
Features
Features
“Death Comes to Us by Many a Way”
A look at the fatal dangers that Civil War soldiers, sailors, and civilians faced away from the battlefield.
Features
Mr. Lincoln and the Monitor
The Union’s famed ironclad warship, USS Monitor, had a fan in Abraham Lincoln, who paid the vessel an eventful visit in the spring of 1862.Salvo
Travels
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Interested in visiting Sharpsburg? To help make the most of your trip, we’ve enlisted two experts on the area to offer suggestions for what to see and do in and around the historic town.
Voices
Slurs and Slights
Not all shots during the Civil War were taken with a rifle. Here are a few notable quotes from folks who also had a wicked tongue.
Faces of War
The Virtuous Knight of the Orphan Brigade
Read the story of Lafayette Hewitt, who refused a promotion to colonel that would take him away from the all-Kentucky Orphan Brigade.
Primer
U.S. Army Surgical Kit
A look at the instruments used by U.S. Army surgeons point to advancements in medical practices and treatments during the Civil War.
Preservation
Three Batteries and a Trio of Opportunities
Latest on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to save battlefield land at Shiloh, Glendale, and Fredericksburg.
Cost of War
A Confederate Cipher Disk
The Confederate army used cipher disks like this one, sold at auction in 2014, to encrypt messages. Only a handful are known to exist.
In Focus
The Sable Arm in Kentucky
In this image, African-American soldiers from the 4th U.S. Colored Artillery conduct a changing of the guard on the parapet of Fort Halleck.Columns
American Iliad
Jackson the Magician
Historian Mark Grimsley on understanding the myth surrounding Thomas J. Jackson, the man known as "Stonewall."
Stereoscope
Varina
Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier turns his attention to the Confederacy's first lady in his new Civil War novel, "Varina."Books & Authors
Books & Authors
The B&A Q&A: William W. Freehling
Author William W. Freehling discusses his work, "Becoming Lincoln," which emphasizes Lincoln’s life in the years before the Civil War.
Books & Authors
The B&A Q&A: Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams discusses "Lincoln’s Last Trial," his co-authored book that examines the murder trial of Peachy Quinn Harrison, whom Lincoln defended.Odds & Ends
Parting Shot
A POW’s Thoughtful Gift
This ring, believed to have been made by a Confederate POW at Fort Delaware, was presented to Confederate First Lady Varina Davis.
Dispatches
Fall 2018 | Dispatches
Reader comments and feedback published in the Fall 2018 issue of The Civil War Monitor.