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Fall 2025
Vol. 15, No. 3
Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the country’s greatest wartime presidents. In our Fall 2025 issue, we tell the story of how his early days as commander in chief were anything but smooth. We also learn how soldiers’ reluctance to use and maintain prescribed latrines posed disciplinary and deadly threats to Civil War armies, as well as how a skirmish during the battle for Chattanooga came to be remembered by some of the soldiers who participated in it.
Features
Print Features
The Enemy Within
A look at how soldiers’ reluctance to use and maintain prescribed latrines posed disciplinary and deadly threats to Civil War armies.
Print Features
Occurrence at Citico Creek
How veterans of the 154th New York Infantry remembered their involvement in a skirmish at Citico Creek during the battle for ChattanoogaSalvo
Voices
Fraternizing With the Enemy
Firsthand quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about their non-combat interactions with the enemy.
Preservation
New Breakthrough at Petersburg
Once the site of a declining hog farm, the Petersburg Breakthrough now features restored rifle pits and open fields of native vegetation.
Faces of War
A Talented Duo
The story of two groundbreaking Union army surgeons, Washington Benson “Ben” Trull and Jerome Keating Bauduy.
Travel
Side Trip: Thompson’s Station
Tips for exploring Thompson's Station, Tennessee, a lesser-known Civil War site located not far from Nashville.
Figures
Shelter from Projectiles
Facts and figures associated with how Union artillerists protected themselves—and their guns—during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
Cost of War
A Mighty Protector
The story of Union soldier Edwin C. Hall and the pocket prayer book that stopped a bullet—and saved his life.
In Focus
Photographic Mapmaking
A rare image highlights the largely forgotten process of photographic mapmaking during the Civil War.Columns
Fighting Words
“Wide Awakes”
A look at the origin of the term "Wide Awakes," the name adopted by a group of Abraham Lincoln suporters during the election of 1860.
Crossroads
Surviving Pickett’s Charge
The ferocity of Pickett's Charge changed the soldiers who fought in it, including Union officer Henry Abbott and Confederate officer Henry Owen.Books & Authors
Books & Authors
The Five Best Books on Civil War Massacres
Civil War massacres frequently saw surrendering troops and noncombatants victimized. Here are five of the best books about some of the worst behavior of the Civil War.
Books & Authors
Q&A with Jonathan W. White
A bookish Q&A with Jonathan W. White, professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and the author or editor of 21 books.Odds & Ends
Editorial
Learning the Ropes
Thoughts on The Civil War Monitor's Fall 2025 cover story about Abraham Lincoln's evolution as commander in chief.
Dispaches
Fall 2025 | Dispaches
Reader feedback published in the Fall 2025 issue of The Civil War Monitor.