Illustrations, The Front Line Roanoke Island…150 Years Ago BY: Laura June DavisPosted: 2/8/12 Roanoke Island showing the position of Confederate Batteries Image Credit: Harper’s Weekly, March 1, 1862.
Best Of Lists The Five Best Books on the Civil War in the (Far) West Library of Congress On the first day of my American West in History and Film class, I ask students to explain where the historical West of their imaginations is located,…
The Front Line “The Most Fatal of All Acute Diseases:” Pneumonia and the Death of Stonewall Jackson Library of Congress As night fell and a full moon rose in the sky, Lieutenant General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was becoming increasingly impatient. Although he had just orchestrated one…
Illustrations Honoring African American Veterans for Black History Month Happy Black History Month! Today—and throughout the month of February, we honor those African Americans who fought in the Civil War. Image Credit: “A Negro Regiment in Action,” Harper’s Weekly,…
The Front Line The Surrender of New Orleans Part 1: The Men and The Skirmish Today marks the sesquicentennial of the fall of New Orleans (April 25, 1862). As such, The Civil War Monitor is commemorating this event with a two-part series on the surrender….
