Published: 5/1/24LOWE: A Fine Opportunity Lost (2024)By: Keith AltavillaCategory: Book Reviews Ed Lowe’s overview of Confederate General James Longstreet’s campaign in East Tennessee is arguably the perfect length for Savas Beatie’s Emerging Civil War Series.
Published: 4/29/24What Is Public History?By: Rich CondonCategory: Public History What is public history? What makes it “public?” How is it different from the history concentration in a school catalog? What sets public historians apart from academics? These are all...
Published: 4/25/24“The Impending Crisis”By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Q&A On April 27, 2024, the American Civil War Museum (ACWM) is launching a major new exhibition at its Tredegar location in Richmond, Virginia. Entitled The Impending Crisis: How Slavery...
Published: 4/24/24WELCH & PAWLAK: Never Such a Campaign (2024)By: Jeremy KnollCategory: Book Reviews "Never Such a Campaign" is an ideal introduction to Second Manassas for any reader not yet familiar with this often-overlooked battle.
Published: 4/22/24War Poems of “Howard Glyndon”By: Laura C. Redden Category: The Front Line In 1864, 25-year-old Maryland native Laura Catherine Redden published her first book of poetry, Idyls of Battle, and Poems of the Rebellion. Redden, who had lost her hearing at age...
Published: 4/17/24SWANSON: A Man of Bad Reputation (2023)By: Riley SullivanCategory: Book Reviews Drew A. Swanson's "A Man of Bad Reputation" attempts to unravel the contested history of Reconstruction North Carolina.
Published: 4/15/24The Myth of the Civil War SniperBy: Scott HippensteelCategory: Science of War What do Union generals John Reynolds, William Sanders, Stephen Weed, and John Sedgwick have in common? According to traditional historiography, each man was killed by a sharpshooter who targeted him,...
Published: 4/10/24OVIES: The Boy Generals (2023)By: Jonathan A. Noyalas Category: Book Reviews Adolfo Ovies's fine study will appeal widely to those interested in Merritt, Custer, and all things related to the Union cavalry.
Published: 4/8/24Extra Voices: Losing ComradesBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line In the Voices section of our Winter 2023 issue we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about the loss of a comrade. Unfortunately, we didn’t have room to include all that we found. Below are those that just missed the cut.
Published: 4/3/24WALLACE: The Aftermath of the Battle of Little BighornBy: Aaron David HyamnsCategory: Book Reviews This is the second installment of author Wendy Ann Wallace’s multivolume, “iconoclast” history of George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.