Litchfield County and the Civil War (2024)
Book Reviews
Peter C. Vermilyea offers an in-depth analysis of how the mobilization of a Civil War regiment elicited both patriotism and dissent in a New England community.
A New Look at America’s Greatest Conflict
Current Issue
The Military Education of Abraham Lincoln
Vol. 15, No. 3
He was one of the country’s greatest wartime presidents. But Lincoln’s early days as commander in chief were anything but smooth.
Recent Posts
Under the “Damn the Torpedoes” Surface
Commanders
A look at the origins of the monument to Admiral David G. Farragut in New York City’s Madison Square Park.
Episode 1: Ammunition
Civil War Breakthroughs
Historian Jonathan Noyalas discusses the significance and impact of several key advances in Civil War era ammunition.
If I Can Get Home This Fall (2025)
Book Reviews
Tyler Alexander has assembled a highly readable and moving account of love and war.
Civil War Breakthroughs Trailer
Civil War Breakthroughs
Civil War Breakthroughs, the Monitor’s latest podcast series, is launching soon. The first season, The Technological War, focuses on the technologies and concepts that brought the conflict into the modern age. Listen to the trailer for more.
Soldiers Love Coffee
Firsthand Accounts
Army of the Potomac surgeon J. Theodore Calhoun on how much Union soldiers loved—and came to depend upon—coffee.
Featured Posts
Civil War Curious Trailer
Civil War Curious
We’re excited to announce that Civil War Curious, the Monitor’s latest podcast series in which expert historians answer your Civil War questions, is launching soon. Listen to the trailer for more.
A Civil War Baseball
Articles
A look at a baseball used by soldiers of the 17th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry that sold at auction for $41,825 in February 2014.
A Lesser-Known Gettysburg Hero
Battles
Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain of the 20th Maine Infantry earned the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. So too did his regiment’s color sergeant, Andrew Jackson Tozier.
The Civil War’s Epidemics
Featured
Why was the Civil War was the United States’ deadliest conflict? Historian Jonathan S. Jones offers his take.
McClellan’s Culture of Command
Commanders
Discover the strategic choices of George McClellan’s command during the Civil War and how they shaped the outcome of significant battles.
A Hospital Steward’s Story
Featured
Read Union soldier James Kendall Hosmer’s account of the “soul-touching” time he spent as a hospital steward aboard the steamship “Iberville” in 1863.