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Fall 2020
Vol. 10, No. 3
In the Fall 2020 issue of the Civil War Monitor, read how the Union army’s Invalid Corps allowed thousands of injured or infirm to continue serving. We also learn how the quick thinking of Colonel Emerson Opdycke helped save the day for Union forces at one of the Civil War’s fiercest battles, and why imposter Confederates invented wartime histories in the decades after the conflict.
Features
Features
The Hero of Franklin
How quick thinking by Colonel Emerson Opdycke helped save the day for Union forces at the Battle of Franklin.
Features
Counterfeit Confederates
As the notion of sectional reconciliation spread in the decades after the Civil War, impostors showed up with invented wartime histories.Salvo
Voices
Thirst
Read first-hand accounts of how Union and Confederate soldiers dealt with thirst on and off the battlefield.
Preservation
A Valuable Discovery
A map created in 1864 by S.G. Elliott shows precise locations of more than 5,800 burials after the Battle of Antietam.
Faces of War
Willie Johnston: A Pint-Sized Hero
Read the story of Willie Johnston, the youngest American soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor at 13 years old.
Cost of War
Mary Boykin Chesnut’s Photo Albums
Photo albums once owned by Mary Boykin Chesnut are in excellent condition with the handwriting strong and distinct.
Figures
The Soldier Vote
When the Civil War began, only Pennsylvania permitted soldiers to vote in the field. By November 1864, 19 northern states had enfranchised troops.
In Focus
Civil War Sutlers’ Mall
Union soldiers might have enjoyed some of the comforts of home at this sutler store in Virginia.Columns
American Iliad
A Man of Sorrows
Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression for most of his adult life. A look at the origin and significance of Lincoln’s melancholy.
Fighting Words
Grin and Bear It
Learn how a British idiom came to represent the attitude of soldiers and civilians during the Civil War.Books & Authors
Books & Authors
The Five Best Books on the Confederate Homefront
For decades, books about the Confederate homefront were often books about elite white slave-owning women—first Lost Cause-era flowery homages to their patriotism and dedication to the Confederacy, then more critical...
Books & Authors
The Five Best Books on the African-American Civil War Experience
Begin an exploration of the African-American Civil War experience with these five must-read books.Odds & Ends
Editorial
Mr. Lincoln’s Other Army
Editorial thoughts on the feature story from the Fall 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.
Dispatches
Fall 2020 | Dispatches
Reader comments and questions published in the Fall 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor.